Development by Davis: Development by Davis: “Louis C.K. and the DIY DVD experiment” plus 1 more

martes, 28 de febrero de 2012

Development by Davis: “Louis C.K. and the DIY DVD experiment” plus 1 more

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:00 AM PST

The answer to stabilizing content and price is letting artists retain greater control of their work.

Louis C.K. likes to do things himself. He likes having control over his work and being able to share the process and proceeds however he likes. It seems to be successful. In December, he made more than a million dollars--in 12 days--from a DRM-free and modestly priced video he created and posted to his website.

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Open source ideals at HIMSS12

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:42 AM PST

A not-so-intimate group of healthcare IT professionals (a record-setting 37,032 attendees) gathered February 20 at the 2012 HIMSS conference in Las Vegas. They kicked off a week of talks, discussions and collaboration sessions addressing ways to tackle the challenges in the healthcare IT industry.

Silos and proprietary systems have long prevailed in healthcare IT--encompassing everything from patient data to labs and medication management systems.