Breaking Out The Big Chickens

Our two-year old son is getting to an age (or stage; or state of mind) where sleep, in his opinion, is more and more optional. He wants to party party party, play play play, all all night and all all day. (I'm thinking of just dispensing with all the intermediate education and sending him straight to college. Or the third year of law school.) Thank goodness for Julie Aigner-Clark, creator of Baby Einstein, who had the foresight to life-savingly include among the bonus features on the Baby McDonald DVD a sequence where the sun sets and the barn animal puppets can stave off sleep no longer. No matter how much we read, have a bath, warm milk, lullabies, and soft music, these days it's inevitably (and only) the snoring rooster who has the Sandman on speed dial.

Recommendations For Forum On Communications Law Visitors

This morning I paid a (too brief) visit to the annual conference of the ABA's Forum on Communications Law, specifically for the panel called "Who Owns The News? Attempts by Sports Organizations and Entertainers to Control Coverage," featuring Dan Gillmor and others. (For a bit of context, see J. Craig Williams' recent topical post.) The panel was both interesting and informative, and I took some notes I'll try to blog over the weekend. But I wanted to put up this quick post for any of the conference's attendees who may drop by in the meantime (I contributed a related anecdote, and a good number of folks asked for Bag and Baggage's address), to point them toward the best two resources I know concerning the impact of disruptive technologies on the media and entertainment industries. The first is Dan Gillmor's book, We The Media. The second is JD Lasica's book, Darknet. Reading both would provide unbeatable background and insight on the topics the panel covered today.

This (pretty awful, sorry) photo was of course posted just as the panel was discussing efforts to control distribution of photos.

I Get It (And It Rocks)

The 1/2/06 edition of Dave Winer's Morning Coffee Notes (MP3) is Dave's talk with John Palfrey, in which the mysteries of John's Top Ten Sources project are revealed and explained. Basically, it's an edited aggregator, a participatory version of something like About.com. "Like a mutual fund...," said Dave, and aha! Now I get it. Explore around, there's some great stuff there (and obviously much more to come). Ernie, you should edit their page on New Orleans blogs and/or podcasts.

Definitely topical today: Top Ten Sources on Supreme Court Nominations. And I'll be checking back with the Top Ten Sources on Motherhood, IP Law, Google, and Identity, among other things I'm sure.

39 Forever

Bruce MacEwen ably covers Blawg Review this week.

Today's New Blawg

Wow, just discovered CopyCense (via Genie Tyburski). Comprehensive and good, definitely blawgrolling that one.