When you walk down the street and see someone acting a bit strangely do you go over and say “Hey, buddy, you’re sure acting strangely?” Or do you walk past them quickly, or even cross the street? What if they yell (or even mutter) an obscenity? Most people do walk by, and for good reason. [...] Continue Reading…

If You Want to Copy the Design of Someone’s Blog don’t ask if you can do it on a public forum.

Once again I’ve had a client with a harassment type problem arising out of internet activities. Once more I’ve gone through the options and in the end recommended “do nothing.”

I always go through the options because people really need to hear why they are my second choice. “Do Nothing” sounds like …

With a President and congress oriented towards more governmental “solutions” in general, it’s not a stretch to think there will be more regulation of the internet forthcoming. On December 7, 2009 the FTC held the first of a series of “Exploring Privacy” roundtables. A key topic is “behavioral targeting” by advertisers and even website owners [...] Continue Reading…

When I have really NOTHING to do, I read the Silicon Valley Police Blotter in the San Jose Mercury. San Jose’s a pretty big town, and there’s crime there and in the surrounding suburban towns if silicon valley, no question. But coming from New York city, where the police blotter would kill a forest if [...] Continue Reading…

Watch the whole thing it’s worth it. Amazing job of interweaving the old and new.

Am I reading this right? Is Facebook taking content (including images) from my profile and embedding them into ads served on other profiles? Or are they just doing the usual practice of using cookies and word search to serve focused ads? I’m not sure. …

This is already viral so my comments here wont add much. But as a die hard capitalist and an ardent Super Bowl ad watcher I had to link to one of the all time great ads – T-Mobile from the UK. It’s going to be a hard act to follow on Feb. 1.

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