I still do not know what to think of the Do-Not-Track list concept presented by nine privacy organizations to the FTC today. As we browse the Internet, HTTP cookies are placed in our computers to track our actions — where we are now (current site), where were we before (sites visited), and what do [...]

My next post will be regarding the new concepts around the Do Not Track list. To help some make sense of the meaning behind Internet tracking and behavioral targeting, I help explain it below. For a lot of people, this stuff is common knowledge. For the others, if you want to see [...]

After listening to John Doerr’s TED presentation, my mind started to think “green” thoughts. Along with the lights on at the local corporate building and the amount of plastic bags used to pack your groceries, it’s time to look inside the home. CNN published a story on the amount of power used by [...]

I was chatting with my father today and he’s been watching the news about Microsoft’s $240M (1.6%) stake in Facebook. My father has taught me a lot, and he is well in-tuned with the big businesses he invests in, among them Costco, Best Buy, Boeing, and, important to this news, Microsoft. He’s had [...]

It’s about time that helping our planet has become fun. Jonny Hal has launched a web series that tracks his attempts to be removed from marketer’s mailing list. This is pretty funny stuff! The preview is below. And check out his first episode on Verizon.

GreenDimes provides an easy way to get [...]

I live in Irvine, California, which has been experiencing the fire frenzy of late (President Bush FINALLY declared a State of Emergency). Outside of my patio, I saw Portola Hills light up in a massive fire. It has been two days since I’ve seen the fire because it has moved north east. [...]

I’ve seen it at places like Panda Express and parking garages. The sign reads, “your purchase is free if you do not receive a receipt.” I’m confused!
So here’s a scenario:

I order a product or service
I receive the product or service in exchange for money
I do not receive a receipt
I alert the cashier that [...]

I was digging around for videos from the Zeitgeist (I wish I had a login to that site), and finally found some new ones a few days ago. The founders of Google don’t often show up in presentations, but since the Zeitgeist is a Google event, it was fitting.
Sergey and Larry talk about some [...]

Food fighting has come a long way, and its quite intriguing to see how history repeats itself, and concepts continually evolve while maintaining an undercurrent of themes, values, rules, and such. Some are keen enough to identify those opportunities, quickly. Business 2.0 published an article, called “The man who started the foodfight“, highlighting [...]

Virgin Money US recently launched, with the rebranding of the acquired CircleLending, the P2P lending service focused on family and friend lending and servicing.
As I love to keep tabs of the massive conglomerate of Richard Branson’s, I was anxious to check it out. But, unfortunately, the site pulled up a DotNetNuked error!

What an embarrassment. [...]