It might have something to do with the demolition. We started a major renovation project last month, and our house has been gutted. As a result, we’ve been forced to move out. It’s sort of hard to maintain a home office when construction workers are knocking down walls.

My last move was 14 years ago, and let me tell you, it’s amazing how much junk can accumulate in that period of time. I feel fortunate that I joined the cult of GTD a few years back. During my purge it became obvious that most of what got purged was pre-GTD. If nothing else, this move has validated the effectiveness of GTD — even my quirky and somewhat limited personal implementation of GTD.

Meanwhile we’re living in an apartment while we wait for our contractor to rebuild our house. I haven’t lived in an apartment since I first moved to LA, and I have to say, this pseudo-upscale urban lifestyle is not for me. Outrageously high rent, bad plumbing, noisy neighbors, and the worst cable company in the world aren’t exactly my idea of a quality life.

If my back yard wasn’t full of lumber I might just go home and pitch a tent.

In my defense, there’s been a lot to write about. The entertainment industry’s obsession with DRM has been both fascinating and baffling. At this point, almost no one believes that DRM actually prevents piracy. To make matters worse, it’s become clear that DRM is a barrier to the development of a viable marketplace for digital content. And yet, the vast majority of media companies still insist on using DRM. Even the record companies that have recently begun selling DRM-free music still won’t rule out a return to DRM.

This is insanity. And a strange form of ritual suicide by DRM.

There’s no point in going on about DRM when I’ve already written so much about the topic. Since I frequently get inquiries about DRM I thought it might be useful (to myself if no one else) to collect links to my various posts on the topic here.

So, for my fellow DRM-obsessives, here’s my metric ton of posts about DRM (in no particular order):

• The Futility Of DRM
• 9 Reasons Digital Media Products Are A Bad Deal For Consumers
• Do Consumers Care About DRM?
• Teaching Consumers About DRM
• Five Lessons The Music Industry Can Learn From AllofMP3
• Life After DRM: A Scrap Heap Of Dead Music
• Zune’s Big Innovation: Viral DRM
• Is Zune A PlaysForSure Killer?
• The DRM Virus Is Spreading - A Pandemic May Be Near
• Google Video Debacle Demonstrates the Need for Consumer Protection Laws
• MLB and DRM: A Match Made in Hell
• Music Executive Makes Startling Deathbed Confession: “We Were Wrong”
• The Week the Music Industry Came Unraveled
• Macrovision’s DRM Snake Oil
• DRM for Books: Will Publishers Learn Anything from the Music Industry
• Amazon’s Kindle: The Price of Free EVDO and Proprietary DRM
• Great Moments in RIAA History: January 1997, RIAA Develops System To Prevent CD Copying
• Washington Tries Its Best to Kill Internet Radio: With a law requiring DRM for audio streams, of course.
• My Afternoon in Wal-Mart’s MP3 Download Hell
• How to Screw Up DRM-Free Music — Lesson One: Trading Cards
• Why Sony’s Latest DRM Fiasco Is Probably A Good Thing
• Steve Jobs’ DRM Double Standard
• 2007 Year In Review: How DRM Died: This was written at the start of 2007, while I was right about the death of DRM for music, the details of how it transpired were a bit different. I keep getting emails from people running across this after the fact with the impression that this was a recap of the year that was. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
• Will Zune Be The Death of DRM
• How Do I Remove DRM from a WMV File? One of life’s eternal questions.
• Piracy, Perks, and DRM

I’ve been writing about this issue over at Medialoper for some time now. I’ll be presenting a session titled DRM, Digital Content, and the Consumer Experience (lessons learned from the music industry) at the O’Reilly TOC conference next month.

TOC has emerged as the premier conference (possibly the only conference) designed to help book publishers come to terms with the range of technologies that are transforming their industry. Given recent release of the Amazon Kindle, I think this presentation couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.

Well, KirkBiglione.com is officially online. That means I’ve finally done one of the things that I’m always telling other people to do. Another new years resolution crossed off the list. At this rate, I may actually accomplish everything I set out to do this year.