Spirit Air’s MILF WTF Moment

It’s often said that any press is good press, but in the case of Spirit Air running a MILF promo it really just makes them look like a bunch of lame dumb asses, even more so when they claim to not know what it means… one word: Google.

UPDATE: Great, now that I posted something with [...]

Privacy, a Reality Check, and a Suggestion

Much has been made about Facebook’s Beacon program over the last week, I don’t have much to add. I will say that dustup reflects once again that this is a stark reminder that social networks only have as much authority to monetize as the users grant to them. In other words, the users are the [...]

How To Host a Global Warming Conference

UPDATE: Even though it would deprive me of good material in an otherwise Beacongate dominated news week, the no-bullshit way to host this conference would have been to do it in Second Life as Kristine points out in the comments. Not only would a SL summit not emit the emissions of a small country, it [...]

Repeal Day!

Repeal Day commemorates the passage of the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933, the primary result of which was the repeal of the 18th Amendment, otherwise known as Prohibition. After 13 years of darkness Americans could once again drink themselves stupid without breaking the law.

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the [...]

Vista and Irrational Pricing Strategies

Contrast Microsoft’s approach to Apple. Leopard doesn’t have any machine level enforcement of licensing yet when I was in the Apple store buying my upgrade I still forked over $200 for a 5 machine family pack instead of $100 for the single license and cheating my way to 3 machines. People are basically honest when [...]

Reputation Taking Center Stage

Of all the things I have written about federation and identity over the years, I failed to make the critical link between reputation and identity. This is why I am only moderately enthusiastic about OpenID, it solves the smaller part of the problem.

Reputation and other trust models, like certification authorities, are critical [...]

iCommons Auction

Boost your geek street cred this Christmas.

The iCommons Auction runs from 22 November to 14 December, 2007. This is an innovative auction of paraphernalia from some of the world’s leading Internet figures. From Internet activist and Stanford Law Professor, Lawrence Lessig’s coat that he wore in countries around the world that invited him [...]

Now is Gone

If you are interested in strategies for taking advantage of social media in your marketing and brand campaigns, I would highly suggest you buy this book. I consider Brian to be one of the foremost authorities on this topic and also one of the most likeable.

“Now Is Gone seeks to help businesses embrace Social Media [...]

Clear Coming to Denver International Airport

Looks like Clear is coming to Denver, that’s great news.

“New Enrollment Locations

Enrollment is now open at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center in Denver. The hours of operation for the Tech Center are weekdays 7AM - 4PM. And, on December 10, enrollment at Denver International Airport will open.

Clear opened a [...]

Monday Night Blog Picks - eHub

I ran out of books to give away, so until I can build up the inventory I’m gonna shift gears and post about some blogs that I have come to enjoy over the years.

Starting out the series is Emily Chang’s eHub. This has been a favorite of mine for years, not only is there a [...]

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