Category Archives: Internet

The Church of England is to create its first 'virtual parish' and is advertising in the Church Times for a 'web pastor'. And it's already got an i-church website….

AskTog: Top 10 Reasons to Not Shop On Line contains enough truth that it should make anyone designing an e-commerce system sit up and take notice.

I shop a lot online — I hate malls, and I like the convenience — and I've had about all of the experiences Tog complains about at one time or another. I've also had enough good experiences to make me think all is not hopeless.

I am reading a student paper that refers to a “traditional web page”.

Mobog – Send pics directly from your camera phone

What is Mobog?

Mobog enables anyone with a mobile phone-camera to instantly display their photos on the Internet.

And, following what seems to be the pattern for every new information technology, a substantial fraction of the early adopters don't seem to be that polite or that well-dressed…

Not again?

Washington Post, VeriSign Reconsiders Search Service: Stratton Sclavos, chief executive of VeriSign Inc., told investors in a conference call last month that the company might relaunch its “Site Finder” service as early as April.

[For background on why this matters, please see Sitefinder: The Biggest Internet Crisis You May Never Have Heard Of.]

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