Monthly Archives: August 2009

patents as part of the american experience

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Christopher Blizzard

Ahh, 2006. It seems like such a long time ago! Back then I was working at Red Hat on OLPC and Microsoft had just accused free software of being Unamerican and communist. It was a good time, honestly, to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Long Attention Span, Regulations, Storytelling, Video | 3 Comments

the theora cookbook

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Christopher Blizzard

Adam Hyde and a small team of people got together in Berlin and wrote up a really great cookbook for people who want to understand Theora, codecs and the issues around open video. It apparently clocks in at a whopping … Continue reading →

Posted in OGG, Video | 4 Comments

coherency vs. incrementalism

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Christopher Blizzard

This really wonderful post by Anil Dash echos a lot of what I’ve been talking about in the context of the larger web. I had a discussion with Ben Galbraith recently about this topic during a Mozilla lunch. He and … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelism, Firefox, Open Web, Standards, Web Standards | 11 Comments