I read far too many mailing lists. But once in a while you see something that makes you sit up. Like this exchange on Nanog in a thread entitled “An IPv6 address for new cars in 3 years”:
>> … Looks like someone, somewhere intends to be live with Pv6
>> in 3-5 years. Off Topic: The privacy and security ramifications boggle
>> the mind….
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>Fully mobile, high speed botnets?*bing*
If you aren't reading Dr. Michael Zimmer's thoughts “on the intersections of technology & values, privacy & surveillance, the Web & new media, culture & communication,” then you are missing out.
He's become one of the most reliably thoughtful voices in my newsreader.
Today's offering — just a routinely aha! comment — concerns Google & FeedBurner:
I haven't had a chance to think long and hard yet about Google's recent decision to acquire FeedBurner, and I'm sure most reactions will center on how this provides Google yet another medium to deliver contextual ads.
But my first reaction was slightly different:
What FeedBurner seems to provide Google — as much as an advertising medium — is an automatic feed of new Web content and an instant mapping of the all important links between pages. Now, instead of Google needing to rely on the efficiency of its crawlers to find these new blog posts, they will be delivered right to Google's front door every time we ping http://ping.feedburner.com.
I think this must be right. More generally, as one of the first adopters of feedburner, I have mixed feelings about this acquisition. I'm happy that the founders are being rewarded, I'm glad feedburner's long-term stability is assured, but I'm beginning to feel that there's going to be Google in everything I touch online.
PS. Congratulations on the new Ph.D, Dr. Zimmer.
I like this Map of Online Communities (mini version below, click for the big one). But my question is, where do we find Discourse.net? It has to be on the edge somewhere. I think it is either on that tiny island on the right, between the Sea of Memes and the Ocean of Subculture, or that little island to South of the main part of the Blogipeligo.
The deadline for the 2007 ICANN Nominating Committee to receive Statements of Interest from candidates for the ICANN Board of Directors, GNSO Council, ccNSO Council and At-Large Advisory Committee is 1 May 2007 23:59 UTC. Potential candidates have twoone weeks to submit completed Statements of Interest to nomcom2007@icann.org.
The 2007 Nominating Committee will select:
Information about the 2007 Nominating Committee is available at http://nomcom.icann.org. Information on the formal call for Statements of Interest is available at http://nomcom.icann.org/formal-call-2007.html.
Sounds like it wants to be an open-source public-spirited distributed YouTube on steroids.
Joho the Blog: Podcorps Nation The Conversations Network (a non-profit from the same folks who bring you IT Conversations) has just launched Podcorps, an all-volunteer team of “stringers” who will record the audio and sometimes the video of public events that matter to people.
Once you register, you can search for events near you that you can sign up to record. Or, if you know of an event you'd like covered, go stick it into the calendar. (The FAQ says that some stringers may want some help covering expenses, but this is intended to be an entirely non-profit enterprise.) The stringers can then publish the media where they want, although Podcorps expects most will post them at OurMedia.org and the Internet Archive where they are freely available to anyone.
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