SOPA, PIPA and our lost innocence
Today many websites are engaged in protests. They protest against abusive and oppressive laws proposed by corporations who are unwilling to adapt to the new reality they found themselves in. Corporations who have corrupted representatives in many countries (albeit the protest is against two laws being considered in the United States, similar laws exist and are being considered all over the world) threaten to enable corrupt governments to quickly and swiftly silence any opposition. For these dinosaurs to survive, our new world of free exchange of ideas must die. We must not allow that to happen.
Update on the SOPA supporter list
Since originally posted, the SOPA supporter list has moved and changed. Some interesting additions, some interesting removals.
Companies that support SOPA
Here is a handy list, copied on 2011-12-22, 21:30 UTC from http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Supporters.pdf, of the companies that openly support SOPA. It's handy in case some lobbyist persuades the US House of Representatives to remove the original file
Supercharged JavaScript Graphics, by Raffaele Cecco (O'Reilly, 2011)
I loved reviewing this book. Not only I learned a lot of new, cool tricks, the methods, tools and techniques I learned, from JavaScript code optimization to proper usage of jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap, were well worth the time invested in reading the book. The text flows well and the examples are easy to follow, understand and apply to your projects. When there is more ground to be covered, the book will point you in the right direction to continue playing with the technologies introduced.
Fair warning: JavaScript can be very alien to people who come from other languages and you have to be reasonably proficient with JavaScript to make full use of this book.
You can find this book at the O'Reilly website or on Amazon.
Disclosure: This book was provided by O'Reilly Media as part of their blogger review program. The version reviewed was the ePub version on a 1st-gen B&N Nook. All formats are DRM-free.
