From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Is the Microsoft Bing, News Corp Deal the Search Index Version of Dumping?

November 23, 2009

So, Microsoft is trying to get News Corp to de-index from the Google search engine and presumably stick to Microsoft Bing. I think this is a bit unethical because the intent isn’t to provide a superior service and thus attract consumers of either end; it is all about throwing money at the solution and creating [...]

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Director of Social Media has New Meaning at STLtoday.com

November 21, 2009

This is an interesting day for the concept of my course of interests. This blog is about the merging of Business, Technology, and Ethics. And a couple of days ago, they merged in such exquisite fidelity that I had to comment on what I think is going to turn out to be a big pile [...]

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No Good Deed of Self Preservation Goes Unpunished.

November 20, 2009

So, a student removes a wheel lock from his car so he can get home; delivers the wheel lock, ticket, and money for the fine to the facility that installed it [apparently, perhaps I am wrong about that part] and guess what; he gets charged with terroristic mischief and possession of stolen property. No, really, [...]

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Without Fanatical Kool-Aid drinking consumers, Android will die.

November 20, 2009

I’ve got an iPhone, I use it constantly. If I’m not accessing my stuff, I’m accessing something online. If I’m not doing that, I’m listening to music; playing a game, making a call [that is probably the worst thing... the AT&T network makes me want to scream], but I’ve always got this thing on. I [...]

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PublicShame has a new post about college students arrested for refusing a tip.

November 19, 2009

I don’t know about you, but if a group of friends show up where I am and we grab a table together, it doesn’t mean its a group of 6 or more because each is paying separately. A mandatory 18% tip leads to students getting arrested. .

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ManagedCareHosting.com | Managed Care Hosting for Legal Professionals coming in 2010.

November 19, 2009

One of the many projects that will be launching is ManagedCareHosting.com, a service dedicated to providing maintenance services for websites belonging to legal professionals. More to come as it develops…

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TweetPhoto, an Ex-CEO, Arrington, Amateur Hour and the Streisand Effect.

November 19, 2009

So, Mr. Arrington calls the events surrounding a now fired CEO from TweetPhoto and the challenge to a blogger to remove an on-the-record interview of said now fired CEO, “Amateur Hour” and I have to agree up until the law firm gets involved. Here is my angle on this, and it comes from my own [...]

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TabletFan talks about the Rumored Apple Tablet.

November 16, 2009

There is a new post on TabletFan talking about some of the desired features of the Apple Tablet. TabletFan.com is the Unauthorized Apple Tablet Blog. It used to be around to discuss the Tablet platform, but with the rumored Tablet coming to market soon, it’ll focus on the Apple Tablet.

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The New York Times Explains with a Painful Example why Print is dead.

November 14, 2009

Today is the 14th, I know this because I see it all over my house, office, at stores, receipts; my goodness. November 14th already? Well, anyway, the New York Times has a section called Digital Domain; hah, get it? Well, it goes on to discuss something that isn’t relevant to this blog entry, something about [...]

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If you have to game the system, you aren't getting out of Jury Duty ethically.

November 13, 2009

I was surfing Digg today and because this blog is about the merging of business, technology, and ethics… I found this gem of ethical equivocation. With statements like: Well, for me, I try to game the system – as ethically as I can. and what if you run up against an ethical wall? Well, she [...]

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"Within Months" – Murdoch. Google, feel free to pull "his" content now.

November 13, 2009

Come on Google. There is being diplomatic and then there is just standing around at the beach having dirt kicked in your face and your girlfriend taken off by a bully. Sure, you can do better if your girlfriend would leave you for a bully, but why take the dirt kicking bully as just a [...]

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Do you Grok a patent of Sudo by Microsoft?

November 12, 2009

Groklaw has an article about Microsoft patenting a form of “sudo” which has been in public use since linux was created 30 years ago. Software patents are okay with me when the process is non-obvious, but for crying out loud, sudo is used everywhere and anyone who tried to patent it would be well aware [...]

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Write Once, Read Anywhere – Wikipedia Under Fire

November 11, 2009

Germany. Germany has an odd reality now. When visiting Germany, you get the sense that the country falls into that category of “Silent Generation” where a citizenry really doesn’t have any existence. They are there, but you don’t see a really proud people. If you ask them, you’ll hear they are, but its in hushed [...]

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Like HTTP://www, the Hashtag # is a waste of space.

November 10, 2009

I don’t know why people have taken to using the Hashtag short of the adoption within Twitter, and even there, I don’t understand it. The hashtag doesn’t do anything within search engines. Do a search for #tablet and you’ll get the same results with or without the hashtag. I would understand it if it had [...]

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Another "One that Got Away" – Free WiFi Access by Google

November 10, 2009

In another “one that got away” fish tale, I had started DippingPoint as a platform for free internet access. I had first created a free internet access for dial up using a platform created in my two bedroom apartment more than 12 years ago. I was hired by a company that didn’t move on it [...]

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