Copying is the way design works || Matthew Ström: designer & developer
A people’s history of copying, from art to software.
Designers copy. We steal like great artists. But when we see a copy of our work, we’re livid.
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203221 – Web Share API: should prefer URL to text when both available
That unusual behaviour I wrote about with the Web Share API in Safari on iOS is now officially a bug—thanks, Tess!
Life plus Linux: Look before you paste from a website to terminal
The (literally) hidden dangers of copying code snippets from the web and pasting them into the command line.
This cautionary tale backs up a small tip I heard for getting to understand how found code works: deliberately type it out instead of copying and pasting.
Everything is a Remix: The Force Awakens on Vimeo
The newest Kirby Ferguson video looks at remixing through the lens of the newest Star Wars film.
BLDGBLOG: Object Cancers
You think that Digital Rights Management is bad? What about Physible Rights Management?
Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Why I Copyfight
This is a brilliant and inspiring essay by Cory on the why the copyists—avid consumers who are branded as criminals—are not our enemy. Please read this; it is important for the survival of our culture.