[FC-discuss] Preparing for RIAA+ISPs

[Matt Senate]

Kevin,

As far as the format of the presentation goes, it could use some 
stylistic adjustment. There could be a better contrast between font and 
background color, so as to better emphasize the text, especially when 
there is just one word on the slide. Also, try another font--not all 
text should be in caps or small caps, it just makes the text appear to 
be yelling at the audience. Use caps sparingly and with reasonable 
intentions. Lessig uses mostly lower case and even internet slang like: 
"u" instead of "you." If you want a more digital-oriented font, try 
Lucida Console or Lucida Bright. If you just want to get the point 
across with a sans-serif font, try Futura, which also looks really nice 
in caps and small caps. Also, can you get some higher resolution 
screenshots and graphics? Clarity and legibility of images is critical 
and more professional/serious.
Last thing, maybe try (after you've finished editing and changing the 
fonts however you choose), formating the "offline" to fall directly on 
top of the "o" in "out" on the "Three Strikes and You're Out" slide.

Otherwise, looks good--keep fighting the good fight,

Matt Senate
UC Berkeley--Mathematics and Creative Writing

Kevin Donovan wrote:
> In the interest of doing substantive work instead of bickering, here's 
> an HTML version of the script and PDFs of the slides.
>
> http://www.kevindonovan.org/RIAAISPPresentation.html
>
> http://www.kevindonovan.org/RIAAISPPresentation.pdf
>
> Meaningful feedback still welcome.
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Nic Sando <nic at thesando.com 
> <mailto:nic at thesando.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ideology can't die. Specific ideologies can and should though. It
>     is impossible to be without an ideology or its polemics. It's much
>     better that you know what ideological themes and narratives you
>     are using and decide how  true to them you can be. I shall check
>     out the OGG Theora. Cheers. 
>
>     2009/2/9 Franco Iacomella <yaco at gnu.org <mailto:yaco at gnu.org>>
>
>         2009/2/9 Nic Sando <nic at thesando.com <mailto:nic at thesando.com>>:
>         > Yes, Ideology is important sauce.
>
>         Ideology is dead?:
>         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Ideology
>         At least, think twice when you say the word:
>         http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
>
>         >Would you people of the mailing list go so
>         > far as to say that only images in, say .png or jpeg2000 are
>         acceptable?
>
>         I would say that attaching images in the mails to mailing list
>         is not
>         acceptable. If you reference to some images, I always preffer a
>         free/open format.
>
>         >What is the preferred audio medium of this group?
>
>         I think it should be OGG Theora. Always a Free/Open format
>         (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_codecs_and_containers#Audio_codecs),
>         as this group keep defenfing this "free culture" idea.
>
>
>         Franco.
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>     -- 
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>     involved.  http://thesando.com
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