Doc Searls Weblog

A history lesson. A neighbor who works in tech asked me what my new outdoor TV antenna was for. I told him it was for watching TV stations, mostly from Indianapolis, where the transmitters are about 60 miles away. “Don’t you have cable?” he asked. I said no, we only have Internet service, which for TV only gives us what we can stream, which doesn’t include cable stations. “Which stations do you get?” He asked. “NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, plus a few others.” “Only those?” “Yes,” I said. “When did that start?” He didn’t know that over-the-air TV preceded cable—or was a thing at all.

That’s new, at least for me. I just scanned my credit card with my own phone to make a payment for something.

Nothing in Indiana. Having fun looking at Michelin’s top restaurants in California, then everywhere. Nearest to where I’m at are Indienne, Roop, The Coach House by Wazwan, and Superkhana International in Chicago. The LA Times does some bragging too.  Bonus link: 21 best croissants in New York.

They agree to your terms, rather than the reverse. Nothing will be more important for MyData and its (MyData 2025 conference in Helsinki) than MyTerms. Iain Henderson will be representing MyTerms and Customer Commons there. Why is MyTerms so important? It flips the script for online engagements.