What are your thoughts on the question at the bottom of the blog entry, where he gradually reduces the 'copy' to a 2x2-pixel mipmap and asks where the bright line of copyright should be drawn?
> If I took his album "Kind of Bloop" and compressed it by 50%, could I start selling it as my own?
Not the same thing at all. Look closer, like at the tie. They didn't just reduce the color palette and resolution. He describes the process of creating it:
> I tried to draw it myself, but if you've ever attempted pixel art, you know how demanding it is. After several failed attempts, I asked a talented friend to do it.
You worry about annoying your followers by talking about the wrong topic. Sounds like preaching to the choir.
Flip the coin.
You can be more interesting by providing information or point of view that isn't expected. Embrace your broadness and don't siphon yourself off into well defined silos.
It's not unreasonable to want our communications media to facilitate siloed interaction.
I look at it this way: If somebody I know avoids talking to me about that things that bore me -- say, pro football or New York Times bestsellers -- I wouldn't see that as a lack of boldness or a species of dishonesty; I would see that as a form of consideration for my time.
As a user I've unfollowed twitter accounts that were developers but as there was sport literally flood my timeline with comments. It's a question of volume thought. I don't care about the occasionnal comments on things that doesn't interess me.
I've been working with Protovis for about 9 months now and it is a pleasure. It took a while to get my head around its data model, but once you do it is incredibly powerful. (IE is not an issue in my environments)
