Viruses Cut out the Middleman
Instead of attacking Windows, Linux, or the Mac, today's hip, new virus writers are going after the anti-virus programs. Russian-born Israeli Andrey Bayora has documented how this is done at his...
View ArticleThe End of Online Freedom?
The failure of the Online Freedom of Speech Act has provoked intense anger in Left Blogistan (pictured), directed mainly at its own representatives in Congress, and those interest groups supporting...
View ArticleThe Achilles Heel of Web 2.0
The hidden flaw, or Achilles Heel, of scaled technology systems like Amazon, eBay and Google is that the technology replaces human action. Techdirt's recent story of the angriest eBay seller is just...
View ArticleHow To Be A Big Time 21st Century Brand
Easy to say, tough to do. Ready? OK. One thing. Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) must be simple, powerful, easily understood by everyone you do business with -- employees, suppliers, customers....
View ArticleWeb 1.0 Bust on Web 2.0 Boom
One of the hidden ironies in the present Web 2.0 boom is that it occurs against the backdrop of a continuing Web 1.0 bust. Companies that arose in the 1990s in such niches as e-commerce have never...
View ArticleBig Boost to Medical Always On
The Always On medical market won a big endorsement today from a San Francisco research house, FocalPoint Group, which advised hospitals that the technology is ready to lower costs and improve care. The...
View ArticleThe Right Way to Economic Development
This month Atlanta lost Rafael Furcal to a $40 million LA Dodger contract, but picked up Jeffrey Skolnick for $7 million. I'd say we came out ahead. Skolnick is a leader in bioinformatics, the use of...
View ArticleThis Week's Clue: Slouching Toward Armageddon
This week's issue of A-Clue.Com is my annual Year in Review essay. You're invited to join the A-Clue.Com community by clicking this link. Always free. There are many forms of depression. There's the...
View ArticleThis Week's Clue: The Spring of Consensus
This week's issue of A-Clue.Com is my annual Year in Preview essay. You're invited to join the A-Clue.Com community by clicking this link. Always free. One problem I have with Robert Prechter's work is...
View ArticleCredibility is the Coin of the Realm
I have long believed that the Internet makes us all journalists. By that I mean all of us -- as people, as companies, as institutions -- have an account called credibility. You build that account...
View ArticleIt's the Process, Stupid
The Windows Metafile Format (.WMF) dates from 1990. Personally, I'd hate to have to take responsibility for what I did back in 1990, but I haven't made $50 billion in the last 15 years so I don't have...
View ArticleMurder the Beloved Country
One reason I haven't been around much lately is I have been (finally) reading Salman Rushdie's latest 2005 1997classic Shalimar the Clown. Like all great writers Rushdie tends to be ahead of his time,...
View ArticleThis Week's Clue The Entrepreneurial Team
This week's issue of A-Clue.Com is on-topic (for once). It's about e-commerce, and about how to make start-ups work. Specifically we're talking about what it takes to get a start-up launched and the...
View ArticleThe Return of Political Spam
Spam is back in politics. But this time, the industry insists, it's different. This time it's e-mail marketing. Leading the charge is an outfit called Advocacy Inc., headed by Roger Alan Stone (he uses...
View ArticleDana's Quick Writing Course
I've been writing for over 40 years, professionally for 30. If you're interested in doing the same, here's a simple four-step process that will make your writing all it can be. Writing is easy to...
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