So, I just saw a really good point brought up by a user known as “Poco Yo” on Google +, with respect to being banned by Google+ for using a “fake” name. If someone uses Google checkout, then they must verify their identity using a credit card – Checkout does not use Paypal, last I checked, [...]

So I’m starting to wonder; is there any large corporation who is not a giant sack of shit in the long run?  Because it seems to me that, despite whatever polish a company puts onto their business plan, as soon as the money starts flowing in, everything goes to shit. Google, a company that for [...]

Dear Google, Let me explain the #nymwars in a way you’ll understand. If you continue your draconian real name policy, you WILL lose money. Plain and simple. If you really, really think that you’re going to create a growing social network in which everyone has their real name emblazoned on their Google profile, you might [...]

I just posted this to my.nameis.me. My name is brian botkiller.  I am a musician and multimedia professional.  I have been active on the internet for over fifteen years, and in all that time, I have done so under a pseudonym. I believe that a pseudonym is essential to one’s life on the internet.  I [...]

This was written about me in “The Big Shiny Prison”, by Ryan Bartek.  I felt some need to post it.  I dunno. BRIAN BOTKILLER, AT YOUR SERVICE “Someone tried to kill me once. My car broke down 15 miles outside Albuquerque one night, like 3am. I used a phone at a hotel off the highway, [...]

Dear Wal-Mart, I write to ask you to please help conserve energy.  Many WalMarts leave all their presentation TVs on all night – this makes no sense.  No one is watching them.  you could turn off half of them, save millions of hours of energy, and be more “green”.  I have been in some stores [...]

Hey all,   Tomorrow, I will be doing a workshop on Ableton Live at QUELAB (1122 2nd st., Albuquerque, NM), for “Music of the Electrons”, a showcase of electronic music creationism and information. I speak at 7pm, the event is $10, and there will be lots of good stuff about electronic music and other goodies! [...]

brian botkiller will be playing NOCHELLA, four days of electronic music in Albuquerque. Not going to Coachella? Go to NOCHELLA. I’ll be playing day four, Sunday April 17th, at Moonlight Lounge, attached to Sunshine theatre on central ave. downtown in Albuquerque. I go on at 7pm, the show is FREE, and is 21+. This is [...]

Some moron recently said this in response to This Article: When are they going to give it up. Downloading music is not stealing because there isn’t anything to steal. There isn’t anything lost and most people, like me, wouldn’t even listen to music if it wasn’t available for free on the internet or youtube. (excuse me, [...]

For those of you that don’t know, the Internet as a whole has been under attack for a long time by entities that believe that your usage of the Internet should be regulated to what websites you can visit, how often, and what you can download. Well, the FCC is doing all it can, now, [...]