For #SOPA Blackout day: a challenge to make things better
Today, many important websites are “going dark” to protest the anti-piracy bills working their way through the US Congress. I’m joining in this protest, because I think the bills would “break” the Internet as we know it, as the only medium known to humanity that could enable virtually anyone to access speech published by virtually [...]
New Net Neutrality Negativity News
A quick note on the news: The FCC voted in new “Net Neutrality” rules on Tuesday, that have been criticized from many angles: Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules—even NN supporters. Regulation should serve to create the sort of marketplace that incentivizes innovation and the improvement of services for the public. Neutrality rules that [...]
My goals, for posterity.
I just updated my LinkedIn profile for the first time in forever. They asked me to put up a summary of my goals, so I wrote this. I’ll post it here as well to look back on some years down the line. I will certainly specialize in one particular area, but for now my goals [...]
Is Old Spice Guy a success?
Old Spice’s new advertising campaign has gotten Proctor & Gamble a lot of attention in the attention economy. But will the hype sell body wash? One of the old rules of the Internet is that pageviews are currency. When trying to make money on the open Internet, money is scarce and thinly spread. The Internet [...]
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