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Twitter now officially part of the live web: Dennis Howlett comments that Twitter gain business cred after the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He notes that when Katrina struck, blogs sprung into action spreading the news, but Twitter has proven far faster at relaying reaction. Blogs and Twitter have a lot in common: ...; Tags: Web, Blog, Twitter, Blogging, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-29
Which part of "share" didn't you understand?: It seems like everyone is just dying to add social features to their online tools these days. One example: Google recent move to expose your "shared" items from Google Reader to your Gmail contacts. Actually, I don't think that this is such a bad idea, but there...; Tags: Scoble, Privacy Control, E-mail Providers, Team Management, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-26
Going green with DC power: Which has a larger carbon footprint: your neighbor's gas guzzling SUV or the server in your machine room? The answer might surprise you. In a recent report from the Global Action Plan, the average server has a larger annual carbon footprint than an SUV getting 15 MPG. Information technology...; Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-18
Economics that are impossible to stop: A few days ago, Jeff Barr, Amazon's Web services AWS evangelist visited my class and got a report of what we'd built over the course of the last semester on top of AWS. Each student had built part of a project that eventually used 25-30 independent machines. One...; Tags: Database, Amazon.com Inc., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-14
Future proofing digital assets: The passing of fellow ZDNet blogger Marc Orchant caused Dave Winer to pose the question: what happens to your Web presence and by extension all your digital assets when you are no longer here? Like Dave, I have a number of servers that will stop running without...; Tags: Asset, Phil, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-12

OpenID 2.0 specification released: The OpenID 2.0 specification was finalized at IIW this week. OpenID 2.0 comprises two separate specifications: OpenID Authentication 2.0 and OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0. Getting 2.0 out the door has been a long process, but the additions will be a real boost to OpenID's usefulness. ...; Tags: America Online Inc., Use Case, Blog, Specification, Wordpress, User, News, OpenID 2.0, OpenID 1.0, Relying Party, Blogging, Internet, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-06
Reputation taking center stage: We hold the Internet Identity Workshop twice a year. One way to track the vector of developments in user-centric identity it to plot the gestalt of the workshop each year. Here's my characterization of that vector based on some earlier comments from Johannes Ernst: IIW2005:...; Tags: Reputation, Dan, Internet, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-12-04
A looming election nightmare?: After the recount debacle of 2000, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act HAVA. As a result, most states went out and replaced their punch card ballots with electronic voting machines. Unfortunately, evidence is mounting that this will have the opposite effect than the one Congress intended. ...; Tags: Problem, Diebold Inc., Ballot, E-voting, Corporate Governance, Printers, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Peripherals, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-30
Linking online personas: People complain about online privacy all the time, but we also suffer from the opposite problem: when you want to link online personas it's impossible to do in a systematic way. Why would you want to link online information? Simple: linking data about ourselves together is how we...; Tags: Blog, Identity, Blogging, Internet, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-29
The fine line between advertising and recommendations: Facebook Beacon has the 'Net riled up over what many see as an invasion of their privacy. A Wall Street Journal article gives a good description of how the opt-out process works: Users can't opt out of the program, called "Facebook Beacon," altogether. Instead, they have to...; Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Problem, Facebook Beacon, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-22
Social networking needs identity delegation strategies: Ever since Facebook opened its platform to outside developers, thousands of applications have been built on top of Facebook. Some have tens of thousands of users and have become part of the everyday experience for many Facebook customers. The viral nature of Facebook means that well designed applications...; Tags: Social Networking, Strategy, PeopleSoft Inc., Facebook, Network, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-16
How much will you reveal?: I was talking to a friend yesterday about what we'd be willing to reveal to Google or Yahoo! to get better search results? Zip code? Sure, they can already guess and I'd just as soon they were accurate with local recommendations. Interests? Why not? They already...; Tags: Facebook, Digital Cameras, Internet, Digital Photography, Social Networking, Search, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-14
Barbie Key Signings: If the upcoming Christmas season goes according to Mattel's plan, your pre-teen daughter might be spending their post-holiday week at her friend's houses doing what amounts to good, old-fashioned key signings. Mattel has a free virtual world for pre-teen girls called Barbie's World that let's friends talk...; Tags: Mattel Inc., Friend, Veronica, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-09
Michael Barrett on Web 2.0: This stuff scares the hell out of me: When Michael Barrett (CISO, Paypal) heard the Eric Nolin was putting on Defrag, he called up and said "I'd like to come and talk because this stuff scares the hell out of me." His key messages: a we're doomed to repeat history if we ignore it and b security is...; Tags: Web, WEP, Michael, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Network Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Marketing, Internet, Networking, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Guilt by association: it's called reputation: I've had domain specific languages on my mind recently, so when a Wired News article on Hancock, a DSL for data mining "communities of interest" crossed through my feedreader, I spent some time digging into it. The gist of the story is this: AT&T invented a language,...; Tags: Guilt, Fraudster, AT&T Corp., Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-02
Google's heavy hand: Alex Bosworth has an excellent post on the heavy hand of Google on the Web. The gist of the piece: search engine optimization SEO is evil--but don't blame the optimizers, blame the ecosystem that Google has created. Several years ago, Dan Geer argued the costs of...; Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., Search Engine, Alex Bosworth, Bosworth, Search, Marketing Research, Marketing, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-10-29
What's wrong with Facebook: Doc Searls is complaining that Facebook takes too much time. He's right. The problem is that Facebook is annoying because that's what works. Facebook's success depends on bothering you incessantly and creating things for you to do. Developers have flocked to Facebook as a...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Problem, Channel Management, Marketing, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-10-24
Freeing books and other digital things: Google and Microsoft both have programs to scan books and place them online. But according to the NY Times several research libraries have turned down offers from these companies in favor of the non-profit Open Content Alliance. The OCA is part of the Internet Archives and...; Tags: Google Inc., Audio, University, Apple iTunes, OCA, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-10-22
Conference Payola: I'm one of the organizers of the Internet Identity Workshop and part of my job is asking for sponsorships to help support the workshop. One of the things that's a little surprising to me is how most companies expect that a sponsorship will get them a speaking slot. ...; Tags: Conference, IIW, Internet, Construction, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-10-18
Twitter: show me the money!: James Governor at RedMonk says "Twitter is like walking to school with your friends and hanging out, while reading blogs is reading their homework." That makes the Twitter a prime spot for making money since, as James points out, marketers would rather hit you while you're talking...; Tags: Twitter, Financial Data, Blogging, Internet, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-10-15