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 [...]

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 [...]

I’ve noticed that browsing the web has progressively taken longer over the past few months. If it isn’t some movie trailer on an expandable ad, it is a floating rich media advertisement or a push down banner. Most pages render fine, but get locked up trying to load content from atdmt.com (Microsoft’s [...]

Today, I revisited Plaxo which has a lot of promise because of its focus on contact data, while LinkedIn focuses on connections. I have yet to dig deep into it again, but I did come across the funniest thing. Plaxo decided to show Google Adsense on my dashboard, and you can’t beat the [...]

I attended the Leads2007 unconference in Tampa, FL with 50 individuals representing lead aggregators, lead management systems, service providers, and lenders. Although I have chosen to explore new concepts outside of mortgage lead management and exchanges, it was a great opportunity to listen to ideas and best practices. I’ve obviously spent over five [...]