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Bookmarks for November 10 to November 24November 30

A bi-weekly collection of linky goodness.

Garmin | Mac OS X - Current Software, news and more

“Garmin is committed to creating a great software experience for all of our customers. This page is dedicated to keeping you up-to-date on our growing range of software made for Mac and helping you enjoy the full potential of your Garmin device.”

Tags: gps, garmin, osx, macosx, geolocation, via:mento.info

Live Piracy Map 2008

“This map shows all the piracy incidents reported by the IMB Piracy Centre in Kuala Lumpur during 2008.”

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StockTwits.com - NO! FAIL!! UR DOIN WRONG! NO BISCUIT!! [Flickr]November 26

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Why YouTube should support Creative Commons nowNovember 25

YouTube should support Creative Commons

I was in Miami last week to meet with my fellow screeners from the Knight News Challenge and Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson, two vlogger friends whom I met through coworking, started talking about content licensing, specifically as related to President-Elect Barack Obama’s weekly address, which, if things go according to plan, will continue to be broadcast on YouTube.

The question came up: what license should Barack Obama use for his content? This, in turn, revealed a more fundamental question: why doesn’t YouTube let you pick a license for the work that you upload (and must, given the terms of the site, own the rights to in the first place)? And if this omission isn’t intentional (that is, no one decided against such a feature, it just hasn’t bubbled up in the priority queue yet), then what can be done to facilitate the adoption of Creative Commons on the site?

To date, few video sharing sites, save Blip.tv and

On invite-only betasNovember 19

Fred Wilson wrote about the value of blogging and building social capital, demonstrated by the hundred requests for invites he received on his post on his recent investment, Boxee, an invite-only service.

Now, while I find the behavior of public invite-requesting curious, I understand it.

I also think there’s another side to this equation that I’d like to point out, being one of the fortunate early adopters who happens to get invited to a lot of early alphas and betas… and that’s understanding the relationship between the creator of the beta and the testers. Or, to put it another way, requesting an invite to a service for one’s own benefit is one thing; understanding that an invite is a privilege given in exchange for feedback and suggestions provided is another. And the secret to getting early access to beta programs is, perhaps obviously, to be a good beta tester.

There are any number of ways to demonstrate that you’re worthy of an invite to an invite-only alpha or beta program. One problem is that a lot of beta feedback is submitted privately, outside of public forums. Whenever I can, I attempt to use more public forums, both for my own recollection, but also for the b

Bookmarks for October 27 to November 10November 16

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Garmin | Mac OS X - Current Software, news and more

Live Piracy Map 2008

Apple - Movie Trailers - Up

Help, We’re Being Digitally Bombarded | Mark Evans

Announcing GeoSocial