Sharing Your Mind: RSS Blog Syndication For The Willing
People blog for a number of reasons, mostly to get their ideas out there. One takes the time and effort to share their thoughts and information in the hopes that they will attract an interested audience. The vast majority of blogs on the internet have a very limited audience. The reason for this is that [...]
P.E.A.R On Notice! Apple Zealots Stalinize European Media When “Monopoly” Mentioned
P.E.A.R (People Enraged by Apple Relations) wants you to be aware of this! Watch this video of a Benjamin Cohen, a correspondent from UK broadcaster Channel 4 in the UK interviewing Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller. After you watch it, keep reading this article.Disturbing? That is really the term that [...]
The Basics of Intellectual Property: Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents
Although I am well versed in the area of intellectual property (IP), it has come to my attention that many are not. This can be a problem when individuals are concerned with protecting their rights, and when trying to avoid infringing the rights of others. This article is meant to be a very brief overview [...]
Blognapping: Often Innocent Copyright Violations
There is often a misconception that content online is either free or up for grabs. Most of us are well skilled in the art of copying and pasting, and we take its functionality for granted. Often times taking other people’s content, we seldom stop to think of the implications. Granted, this is not my personal [...]
P.E.A.R - People Enraged by Apple Relations: The New Word In the Anti-Apple Arsenal and Apple’s New iPhone Sales Policy
I am coining the acronym P.E.A.R (People Enraged by Apple Relations). Not just because Pears make a decent alternative to apples, but because mobilization and group think is an important part of rebelling against an evil empire. I think anti-Apple thinkers aren’t organized because our disdain of their policies and products is usually pretty obvious [...]
Maligned Marketing: Apple Tactics
As a product enthusiast I tend to have very strong opinions regarding how a company presents itself. Marketing and sales tactics, while not necessarily consumer friendly conversation is one of the most important parts of doing business. We have all had good and bad experiences with a company, for no business is perfect. However, when [...]
Domain of your personal name taken? Mine was, but I got it back.
In deciding the name for this blog I briefly played with the idea of titling it arieladams.com. In doing so, I had to make sure that I could register the name domain name “arieladams.com.” Therefore, you go to Network Solution, or any of the other registers and check the availability of the domain name. I [...]
