Interesting Links for 15-9-2011

[andrewducker]

• Why we should teach our kids to code. An interesting argument.
  (tags: coding computers development society)
• Britain's green belt promotes boom/bust housing markets, apparently.
  (tags: planning uk housing)
• Windows 8 has a new filesysytem. WinFS returns?
  (tags: windows filesystem operatingsystems)
• Apple drops 'Jew or not Jew' app in France
  (tags: jews france apple)
• ebooks up 160%, physical books down 20-64%. Ouch.
  (tags: books ebooks publishing)
• Facebook Launches Twitter-Like ‘Subscriptions’, Lets You Share With Unlimited Users. Hurrah for Google!
  (tags: twitter facebook socialnetworking)
• 25% of women have experienced ongoing pain of the vulva at some point. 2% have sought treatment.
  (tags: pain women vagina healthcare)
• David Cameron calls 68% of Scots stupid. Doing his bit for Independence...
  (tags: scotland uk davidcameron headdesk)
• How Much Does A Band Earn From Each Music Platform? 1 CD = 150 album listens on Spotify
  (tags: music business money)
• Something tells me this t-shirt will be pulled from sale pretty quickly...
  (tags: t-shirts offensive EpicFail)

Comments

[feorag.livejournal.com]

It should be noted that the band are independent and not on a major label. If they were, they'd get much less per CD.

[andrewducker]

That's a very good point!