By Joe on October 25, 2007
If you haven’t already, you might considering reviewing the current proposed ICANN changes to Whois and consider sending in your comments. Mine follow.
In short, the proposed changes are more than morally questionable, they undermine the core infrastructure that keeps the Internet working.
(Many thanks to Doc Searls for pointing me to this issue.)
Dear ICANN,
I am [...]
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By Joe on October 6, 2007
Slashdot brings us this article highlighting yet another picture-perfect case for the VRM Personal Datastore:
Technical Writing Geek writes with the news that the retail industry is getting mighty fed up over credit card company policies requiring them to store payment data. The National Retail Federation (NRF) has gone to bat for store owners, asking [...]
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By Joe on October 5, 2007
Doc Searls points me to this accent test.
Tells me I’ve got no accent. Hmph.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
“You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then [...]
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By Joe on October 5, 2007
Microsoft launched its Personal Health Record initiative yesterday, according to the New York Times:
The company’s consumer health offering includes a personal health record, as well as Internet search tailored for health queries, under the name Microsoft HealthVault (www.healthvault.com).
The personal information, Microsoft said, will be stored in a secure, encrypted database. Its privacy controls, the company [...]
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By Joe on October 4, 2007
Steven Gary Blank’s The Four Steps to the Epiphany
Review
I’ve read a lot of startup books and been involved in several efforts of varying success. Blank’s book is the first how-to-guide that provides clear, unequivocal directions for taking a brilliant product idea and turning it into to a successful, thriving company.
Fans of Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing [...]
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