Category Archives: Identity

How much is your privacy worth?

Posted on June 14, 2007 by

Fascinating post on MSNBC about the price users put on Privacy…The post talks about experiments where users were asked how much they value their private data. Customers were asked the question in two ways: How much are customer willing to … Continue reading →

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Online Ads Market

Posted on June 11, 2007 by

I have been meaning to do a summary of online Ad spending and the trends for a while…So it was good to see this piece in WSJ by Emily Steel that had a lot of numbers and trends: So the … Continue reading →

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Open Source Economics

Posted on June 7, 2007 by

Also available on RWW… Since we are talking about open source, a definition of the subject from Wikipedia is in order: “Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for … Continue reading →

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Branding on the web

Posted on May 25, 2007 by

New York Times had an interesting piece a few days back about the advances in ad targeting and measurement technologies that are enabling companies to use the web effectively to build a brand. Peter and Maria Hoey (via NYT) THE … Continue reading →

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Sunshine for the Virtual Town Hall

Posted on May 15, 2007 by

Great opinion piece by Tom Grubisich at Washinton Post. It talks about the lack of transparency with user generated content. These days we want “transparency” in all institutions, even private ones. There’s one massive exception — the Internet. It is, … Continue reading →

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Benefits of Forgetting

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

Interesting and scholarly study from Kennedy School of Government’s Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, titled “Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing”. In the study, the author points to change in our default societal behavior, from forgetting unimportant … Continue reading →

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Hit job – web style

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

This is a familiar enough story (Via SF Gate)…And the people hit have few avenues for relief: The first postings appeared soon after Sue Scheff, who runs a Web-based referral service for parents with troubled teenagers, advised a woman from … Continue reading →

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OpenID at Web 2.0

Posted on April 19, 2007 by

I was at the Web 2.0 expo  yesterday…I published the following post at the RWW  from there…Its a bit geeky but check it  out here.

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Comscore cookie study

Posted on April 17, 2007 by

Interesting study from Comscore about the behavior of users with regards to managing cookies on their computers. The data is presented in a somewhat convoluted manner, so let me highlight the key points: On average a user clear cookies about … Continue reading →

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Web Attack – What to do?

Posted on April 10, 2007 by

Great article in BusinessWeek how Internet and Social media (despite the occasional nastiness) is making business become more accountable: Home Depot’s (HD ) CEO goes into an emergency huddle with his crisis management team after 14,000 bilious customers storm an … Continue reading →

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