Who owns your e-mail address? | Perspectives | CNET News.com

ByTris May 19, 2004

This article starts out with some interesting statements. The one that caught my eye was the dire prediction that spam, if left unchecked, could make e-mail as we know it useless and discourage those who aren't online to get online.

Then Mark takes the article down the road of personal property rights…therefore the title. Personally I believe that your e-mail address is yours. If you pay your ISP for access and e-mail is included, you are in a sense renting that name…like an apartment. This hasn't been tried in court, but I think it is an interesting take on the arguement.

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Is Groove The Answer To DHS Wireless Concerns?

ByTris July 7, 2004

WiFi security, especially at public hotspots should be top of mind of most business users. Groove and Shinkuro are definately two tools I would employ to communicate with colleagues while out on in a public WiFi hotspot. Is Groove The Answer To DHS Wireless Concerns?: Colleague Michael Helfrich writes about Department of Homeland Security wireless…

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IM giants drop some barriers to peace

ByTris July 15, 2004

This is news! This is an amazing step for corporate users to be able to use one client to access all their friends and contacts. While this could be looked on as making it easier for people to goof off at work, I know that many people use IM, public IM, to chat with vendors,…

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Writing Web Copy That Works

ByTris May 18, 2004

If you write for the web read this article. Ms Dwyer makes excellent points (many of which I am going to apply to my redesigned site soon), the only one I am waffling on is writing in first and second person. Common business practice is to write in the third person for things like “Larix…

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The Customer Experience of Getting My Car Fixed

ByTris March 13, 2017

A few simple things would have made things much better. I needed to get the driver’s-side side mirror fixed on my wife’s car. It had been bashed and wouldn’t stay in place. Since this is a safety issue, we wanted it fixed fast. Being new to the area, and far from our original dealer, I needed…

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Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer’s Review – Online Collaboration and Web Conferencing Breaking News – Kolabora.com

ByTris June 14, 2004

Nice review of screen-sharing tools. Shinkuro also has a rudimentary screen-sharing capability. I think it would be fine for something like “see this here…” kind of thing. Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer's Review – Online Collaboration and Web Conferencing Breaking News – Kolabora.com: “Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer's Review Last Thursday,…

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Real-time Collaboration in OneNote 2003

ByTris June 30, 2004

I gave OneNote a shot when I upgraded to Office 2003 (yes, I know MS Office vs. OpenOffice…I needed to work with a lot of PowerPoint…) and I thought that it was pretty cool. I did do some brainstorming with it and doodling. I think it could have potential. Frankly the only reason I stopped…

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