whocalled.us: “The phone is ringing, and I don’t recognize the number, All Caller ID says is, ‘NAME UNAVAILABLE‘. Please help me figure out who is calling and what they want…” They keep a database of which numbers generate the most queries.
Daily Archives: 26 Mar 07
DefectiveByDesign.org
A project of the Free Software Foundation: “…a broad-based anti-DRM campaign that is targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and DRM distributors. The campaign aims to make all manufacturers wary about bringing their DRM-enabled products to market. DRM products have features built-in that restrict what jobs they can do. These products have been intentionally crippled from the users’ perspective, and are therefore “defective by design”. This campaign will identify these “defective” products, and target them for elimination. Our aim is the abolition of DRM as a social practice.”
Gethuman
“The gethuman project is a consumer movement to improve the quality of phone support in the US. This free website is run by volunteers and is powered by over one million consumers who demand high quality phone support from the companies that they use.” I call corporations as little as possible. Would I do so more if their customer support was more user-friendly? Probably not, but this movement will likely be useful to many.
