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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Edging toward the fully licensed world
I own a lot of books and music CDs — enough to fill many shelves. Here’s just one: They are relatively uncomplicated possessions. There are no limits (other than mine) on who can read my books, or what else I … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Business, history, Ideas, infrastructure, Links, News, Politics, problems, Technology
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Let’s use the ‘No Track’ button we already have
(Cross-posted from the ProjectVRM blog.) For as long as we’ve had economies, demand and supply have been attracted to each other like a pair of magnets. Ideally, they should match up evenly and produce good outcomes. But sometimes one side … Continue reading
Posted in Berkman, Business, Law, problems, VRM
Tagged "do not track" "no-track", congress, crm, Julia Angwin, r-button, tracking, VRM, What They Know, White House
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Savor the irony
Now comes news (via Peter Kafka in All Things D and Jason Boog in Galleycat) that robot-written “stories” are turning up on the pages of Forbes and other publications. The robots are made by Narrative Science, which (says its About page) … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Journalism
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The Jeremy Lin story
Why Jeremy Lin suddenly such hot stuff? Last night I listened to sports radio from ESPN, WFAN in New York, KNBR in San Francisco, and WEEI in Boston, as well as to KOVO here in Provo, Utah (where I’m hanging this … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
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For personal data, use value beats sale value
Should you manage your personal data just so you can sell it to marketers? (And just because somebody’s already buying it anyway, why not?) Those are the barely-challenged assumptions in Start-Ups Seek to Help Users Put a Price on Their Personal Data, by … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Future, Ideas, Personal, Technology, VRM
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