I thought, for the sake of posterity, I might simply record the various places I’m currently active online.
http://pragmetric.com/ – Primary business, IT Management consulting.
http://orsonkent.com/ – Photography business site. Includes a weblog with infrequent updates.
http://lifesans.com/ – here. Weblog about life, minimalism, technology, entrepreneurship and art.
http://obvioustshirts.com/ – T-shirts I create. I think they’re funny. I’m hoping that one day, someone might buy one. Until then, I’m still amused by making them.
http://icanstories.com/ – Very new, just getting started here (and looking for contributions). Positive historical stories, hopefully inspirational.
http://twitter.com/orsonkent – My primary twitter account.
http://orsonkent.tumblr.com/ – Tumblog, things that interest me, things I want to share.
http://padfaq.com/ – iPad related news, linkblog to which I contribute.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/OrsonKent – the fulfilment site for art and t-shirts
http://OrsonKent.imagekind.com/ – An alternate fulfilment site – photo art only.
I’m there there’s a couple more somewhere, but I can’t think of them offhand.
At some point, Apple will need to make a hard decision.
Right now, there’s a heavily ‘family friendly’ vibe exuding from the content gatekeepers at Apple. I’m not a fan of this for any numbers of reasons, but I can see why they do it, why this direction has been handed down from on high. Apple is selling the content. If someone’s going to get sued for providing something, well, they’ve got the deepest pockets, they’ll probably be first on the list, and for whatever reason, they’re not prepared to be a test case just yet.
However, Apple will be well aware that adult entertainment is one of the key drivers for technology adoption.
My prediction, is that there will be a section of the so-called walled garden designed to allow adult content. Access to that part of the garden will be restricted in some ‘hard enough’ to get around manner, preventing most of those for whom access is not allowed from entry.
