Daily Archives: July 21, 2024

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    • Memorial for Mandarin Meg, Friday July 28th 3:45pm Pacific Time

    By Frank Paynter | Published: July 21, 2024

    From 3:45 to 4:45 Pacific Time (GMT -8 hours), people will gather at BlogHer to honor the life of Michelle Goodrich, our friend Mandarin Meg. The memorial will be in room 8111 at the San Jose Hyatt Hotel. Hyatt San Jose 1740 North First Street, San Jose, California, USA 95112 An IRC chat room named [...]

    Posted in People, Reflections | Comments closed

    In search of the regulatorium…

    By Frank Paynter | Published: July 21, 2024

    Ken Camp points to a Business Week story titled “The Phone Companies Still Don’t Get It”, and he links further to Bob Frankston and Martin Geddes who have a parable to tell. Bob Frankston trips happily down the sidewalk of metaphor, describing the ridiculous nature of the productized net and carefully sidestepping regulatory issues. In [...]

    Posted in Networks, Politics, Public Services | Comments closed

    Snakes in the Jacques

    By Frank Paynter | Published: July 21, 2024

    RB is all on about the Samuel Jackson chiller, Snakes on a Plane (SOAP.) I think it’s fine that someone revived “all your base” and hung it out there to buzz-market a movie. In fact, I’ll join in the joke… move it along a little. It’s one of the only fun creative things in blogvertising [...]

    Posted in Creative Arts | Comments closed