Comments on: Freedom in the Telegraph http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Unit Structures – Announcing Freedom v0.4 http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 Unit Structures – Announcing Freedom v0.4 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:32:03 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-5339 [...] Productive Unit Structures: Introducing Freedom New Version of Freedom: v0.3 Freedom in the Telegrap... [...] [...] Productive Unit Structures: Introducing Freedom New Version of Freedom: v0.3 Freedom in the Telegrap… [...]

]]> By: xoxoANP! http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 xoxoANP! Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:36:22 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1350 [...] Unit Structures – Freedom in the Telegraph Like the patch, except for interwebz addicts! Via ODubz (tags: humansandinternet lifehack ToDo) Posted by ANP on August 26th, 2008 filed in Rando | Comment now » [...] [...] Unit Structures – Freedom in the Telegraph Like the patch, except for interwebz addicts! Via ODubz (tags: humansandinternet lifehack ToDo) Posted by ANP on August 26th, 2008 filed in Rando | Comment now » [...]

]]> By: fred http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 fred Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:37:58 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1336 Bertil, I take your point - but one thing we might want to consider is that connectivity itself is badware. The computer as device-of-production is really a legacy concept - our computers are media platforms (through onboard software like video codecs, and through the web - youtube, etc). To expect that we're able to manage the more mundane aspects of production in the face of this very hot media is almost too much to ask. I think we need to start thinking about how to configure our environment for production. In my research into productive writing I've come across full-screen writing utilities - I think Scrivner might be the one. That is a great example, a piece of software that backgrounds all the rich affordances. Freedom is essentially this concept, taken one step further with the lockout. It is a brute-force transformation of the machine, but one I think we need to start exploring. Bertil, I take your point – but one thing we might want to consider is that connectivity itself is badware. The computer as device-of-production is really a legacy concept – our computers are media platforms (through onboard software like video codecs, and through the web – youtube, etc). To expect that we’re able to manage the more mundane aspects of production in the face of this very hot media is almost too much to ask. I think we need to start thinking about how to configure our environment for production.

In my research into productive writing I’ve come across full-screen writing utilities – I think Scrivner might be the one. That is a great example, a piece of software that backgrounds all the rich affordances. Freedom is essentially this concept, taken one step further with the lockout. It is a brute-force transformation of the machine, but one I think we need to start exploring.

]]> By: Bertil http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Bertil Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:17:10 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1334 Hey: your app is both badware (disable the connection: come on — if that's not reducing the capability of your machine, I don't know the definition of bad) and useful (OK: necessary, needed and Thank you so many times by the way) — but the derision is hiding that you came across an important, counter-intuitive result in psychology. Journos facing anything that doesn't match a set of prejudiced over-simplification (aka “an angle”) are like a chicken in front of a golf ball. The fact is: that's not new. It's called “burning your boats” and not “burning your helicopters” because when the idea was discovered, boats were the high-tech feature. Hey: your app is both badware (disable the connection: come on — if that’s not reducing the capability of your machine, I don’t know the definition of bad) and useful (OK: necessary, needed and Thank you so many times by the way) — but the derision is hiding that you came across an important, counter-intuitive result in psychology. Journos facing anything that doesn’t match a set of prejudiced over-simplification (aka “an angle”) are like a chicken in front of a golf ball.

The fact is: that’s not new. It’s called “burning your boats” and not “burning your helicopters” because when the idea was discovered, boats were the high-tech feature.

]]> By: Paul Jones http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Paul Jones Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1324 I wonder how much time you spent checking the postings and their comments before you fired up Freedom! I need Freedom now; I want to check and respond to all the snarks but I have work to do. I admit to no self control. I wonder how much time you spent checking the postings and their comments before you fired up Freedom!

I need Freedom now; I want to check and respond to all the snarks but I have work to do. I admit to no self control.

]]> By: fred http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 fred Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:58:07 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1322 @Brendan I agree. I think we like to imagine that we're in control, but the reality diverges. @Brendan I agree. I think we like to imagine that we’re in control, but the reality diverges.

]]> By: brelson.com » Don’t be afraid of your Freedom http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 brelson.com » Don’t be afraid of your Freedom Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:06:58 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1320 [...] period and the program then shuts off your network connectivity until it elapses. I heard about it here and the Daily Telegraph has published a link to it [...] [...] period and the program then shuts off your network connectivity until it elapses. I heard about it here and the Daily Telegraph has published a link to it [...]

]]> By: Brendan http://fstutzman.com/2008/08/12/freedom-in-the-telegraph/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Brendan Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:38:17 +0000 http://fstutzman.com/?p=643#comment-1319 I find the chorus of derision bizarre - are we meant to believe that the snarks on lifehacker all have outstanding willpower? If they do, why are they using their time to write comments on a product they're not interested in using? I find the chorus of derision bizarre – are we meant to believe that the snarks on lifehacker all have outstanding willpower? If they do, why are they using their time to write comments on a product they’re not interested in using?

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