January 2004 Archives

Yahoo RSS first thoughts January 22, 2004
After using the Yahoo RSS reader for five minutes, I offer some hasty thoughts.

Yahoo Re-aggregator January 22, 2004
After a false start earlier this month, My Yahoo now includes an RSS aggregator.

How Much Security is Needed? January 21, 2004
Not all security measures are appropriate in all situations. You need to consider the value of the information being protected when designing a security system. Also, some novel approaches to preventing dictionary attacks.

Weblogs for Capitalists January 19, 2004
I’m speaking at "How to Capitalize on Blogging," on Feb 5, 2004.

Only in the public sector January 18, 2004
The California DMV has office hours that baffle and amaze.

Management by Baseball January 17, 2004
A former baseball reporter and current management consultant takes lessons learned from baseball news and applies them to business management.

I-Blog January 13, 2004
I’ve joined the staff of MarketingWonk as the new moderator of I-Blog, an email discussion list focused on the use of weblogs in business and marketing.

Spammer discussion January 11, 2004
Inside the (very small) minds of comment spammers.

Yahoo Aggregator January 7, 2004
Yahoo launches an RSS aggregator. Maybe.

How to be a successful consultant January 7, 2004
Jeff Nichols starts a new series on the role of an analyst.

New project and identities January 1, 2004
I’ve started a new project that has me musing about my professional identity.

Spider-Man marketing by Blog January 1, 2004
Sony Pictures is getting free marketing on blogs with the creation of Spider-Man 2 blog template sets.

XHTML Services? January 1, 2004
Jon Udell says that intranets should abandon Web services like SOAP and REST in favor of screen scraping XHTML. Hogwash.