Information Week ran a great cover last month on their March 20, 2006 issue. The cover read "Sorry State of Affairs: Businesses continue to handle personal data with alarming ineptitude. Here's the ugly truth about how it keeps happening–and the costly ramifications." Because of my hiatus, I didn't report the article when it came out, [...]
OU President in Politically Correct Denial
Oct 11, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Thank goodness for the Blogosphere. Otherwise, there would be a massive cover-up of Joel Hinrichs' big exit from this planet. OU President, David Boren, has released a letter on the OU Web site warning people to avoid rushing to judgement. We believe that we should not rush to judge others or jump to conclusions about [...]
The Road to Investors
Jun 15, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Sifting through my email, I noticed a recurring question: "What the hell have you been doing?" Sorry the posts have been few and far between. This is primarily due to several business-related reasons. The largest time-sucker has been my involvement in a super-secret company. I've partnered with a friend of mine to put together a [...]
Hey, You Put Your Pen In My Lock
Sep 25, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Question: How quickly can the vultures circle after a company admits a product flaw? Answer: Four days if the company is Kryptonite. Here is how the story unfolded this week. Last week, a New York-based graphic designer discovered he could circumvent his Kryptonite bicycle lock with a ball point pen. He made a movie of [...]
The Spatula in the Drawer
Aug 27, 2004 By Leave a Comment
My wife and I were watching Alias on DVD not too long ago. (Like other TV shows I've gotten into, it's easier to watch the DVDs rather than when it's broadcast.) In the first season, one of the characters takes a microphone bug he discovers to a tech expert. The expert exclaims, "This is government [...]
Thanks, Councilman
Jul 9, 2004 By 1 Comment
Reading this story gives me mixed feelings. My first feeling is that lawyers are evil; it's not because of this story as much as it's a consistent feeling reaffirmed once again. My other feeling is that, when it comes to technology, judges and law makers don't know their butts from a router in the rack. [...]
The Politics of Business
Jun 21, 2004 By Leave a Comment
I want to rant about Jean Ziegler, the UN Human Rights Commission's special expert on the right to food. He has made it his mission to investigate and disparage Caterpillar Inc because Israel owns some of their bulldozers and uses them to destroy the homes of suspected terrorists. I grew up around Caterpillar equipment because [...]
Induce This
Jun 19, 2004 By Leave a Comment
I'm channeling Reagan: "Here we go again." It appears that the recording industry is lobbying to outlaw technologies that could be potentially used to violate copyrights. "It's simple and it's deadly," said Philip Corwin, a lobbyist for Sharman Networks, which distributes the Kazaa client. "If you make a product that has dual uses, infringing and [...]
Jedi Mind Tricks
May 19, 2004 By Leave a Comment
I'm fascinated by lawsuits like these, particularly because they are paving a new road in intellectual property law. Spyware's general purpose is to provide targeted advertising to consumers and to capture Web site statistics for advertisers. When somebody tracks you, as an individual, rather than in an anonymous group, is it spying? Most of us [...]
Long Way From Home by The Heavy