Not really so funny
Thu, Aug 26th 2010 4:44p Karen Hobert Recently I a href="http://khobert.blogspot.com/2010/08/user-formerly-known-as-karen-hobert.html"posted/a my thoughts regarding Eric Schmidt's comments about on-line privacy and his prediction that we'll eventually have to change our identities to get away from on-line indiscretions. In a related a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423294099527212.html"WSJ article/a Mr. Schmidt explains how Google will be able to predict what we want because Google knows:
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15 Facts About Net Neutrality
Tue, Aug 24th 2010 12:44p Karen Hobert Here's a handy infographic from a href="http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/net-neutrality/"Online MBA/a on the current state of Net Neutrality.br /br /a href="http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/net-neutrality"img style="width: 348px; height: 1418px;" src="http://onlinemba.com.s3.amazonaws.com/net-neutrality.jpg" alt="Online MBA Programs" border="0" //abr /Via: a href="http://www.onlinemba.com/"Online MBA Programs/adiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleuserconte [read] Keywords: blogger
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The user formerly known as Karen Hobert
Wed, Aug 18th 2010 3:13p Karen Hobert The BBC World News Hour presented this a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0092pw4#p009gymx"report/a (Chapter 10) in reaction to Google CEO Eric Schmidt's a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/technology-gadgets/google-boss-eric-schmidts-warning-over-online-privacy-14914768.html"recent comments /aabout personal privacy:br /br /blockquote"I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," he told the W [read] Keywords: blogger
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Open Internet != Net Neutrality
Mon, Aug 9th 2010 5:44p Karen Hobert span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"Ok/span, in my time covering technology markets I've lived first-hand how vendors tend to use different terminology to talk about the same ideas. The goal is to make something sound unique enough and create a sort of smoke and mirrors effect when it comes to comparing features with the competition. The ideas and concepts essentially become a sort of branding. You can usually tell who's in which camp based on the terminology they use. For exam [read] Keywords: ibm
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Robin Sage revisited
Mon, Aug 9th 2010 4:14p Karen Hobert I recently a href="http://khobert.blogspot.com/2010/08/will-real-robin-sage-please-stand-up.html"blogged/a about a ComputerWorld interview with Tom Ryan who posed as cyber-hacking ingenue, Robin Sage, to see what kind of friends Robin could connect to in the intelligence business. This experiment, while unscientific, had the potential to reveal some interesting data points on how people connect, trust, and accept identities.br /br /Accordingly, Mr. Ryan delivered his findings at the BlackHat con [read] Keywords: connections
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For more in the "What do they know?" department...
Mon, Aug 9th 2010 4:14p Karen Hobert I a href="http://khobert.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-google-social-butterfly.html"shared/a with you last week Google's a href="http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/social#socialcircle"Social Circle/a, to demonstrate how Google maps you're social network. You can also see all the data Google keeps on you a href="http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/social#socialcircle"here/a. Make of it what you will.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/trac [read] Keywords: blogger
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I'm a Google social butterfly
Sat, Aug 7th 2010 7:14p Karen Hobert Check out your a href="http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/social#socialcircle"Social Circle/a to see who Google links you to. This info is complied using:br /br /ul class="bulleted"lia href="http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/social#gc"Direct connections from your Google chat buddies and contacts (3, 3 with content)/a/lilia href="http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/social#fd"Direct connections from links that appear on your Google profile (0)/a/lilia href="http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/s [read] Keywords: connections
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The Business of Online Ads and Browsers
Mon, Aug 2nd 2010 4:44p Karen Hobert The Wall Street Journal recently published a few articles on Online Privacy issues. In "a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383530439838568.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLESecondNews"Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy/a," the article points out that today's browser business is primarily in support of advertising sales:br /br /blockquoteAs online advertising grows more sophisticated, companies playing prominent roles in consumers' online experiences have discove [read] Keywords: apple
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Will the real Robin Sage please stand up?
Mon, Aug 2nd 2010 4:14p Karen Hobert a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zmo4Z016Iu8/TFcfhayvwkI/AAAAAAAABq8/q9XrsLMyKEM/s1600/fauxprofile.jpg"img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zmo4Z016Iu8/TFcfhayvwkI/AAAAAAAABq8/q9XrsLMyKEM/s320/fauxprofile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500900128844661314" border="0" //abr /blockquote/blockquote"I had access to e-mail and bank accounts [read] Keywords: blogger
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Nantomy of a meme and pertnering gender gap
Fri, Jul 23rd 2010 9:17p Karen Hobert Interesting article in a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/ff_att_fail/all/1"Wired/a on the span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"acrimonious/span relationship between Apple and ATamp;T at the root iPhone customer dissatisfaction. The first part of the story gets into how a meme like #span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"attfail/span grew out of ATamp;T's control. An interesting read on its own. The second part gets in the to meat of the issue, one [read] Keywords: apple
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National Security Inc. | washingtonpost.com
Wed, Jul 21st 2010 12:47p Karen Hobert I've been following this fantastic investigative series on the business of a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/"National Security/a being published by the Washington Post this week. They have published 3 stories so far and have put together a a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/"web site/a with supporting information and media. Lots of food for thought, at many different levels.br /br /a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-sec [read] Keywords: blogger
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Microsoft shares (officially) its future BPOS plans | ZDNet
Tue, Jul 20th 2010 3:47p Karen Hobert Mary Jo Foley at span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"ZDNet/span brings us the latest span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"BPOS/span span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"roadmap/span announced at span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"Mictosoft's/span Worldwide Partner Conference last week. The emphasis on selling span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"SaaS/span is gaining ground at Microsoft, including free span cl [read] Keywords: blogger
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Reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Tue, Jul 13th 2010 4:17p Karen Hobert Nice little a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/13/cory-doctorow-death-of-blogging-exaggerated"piece/a by Cory Doctorow in the Guardian on parsing media and its use.br /br /blockquoteWhat's left behind at each turn isn't less, but more: the stories we tell on the stage today are there not because they must be, but because they're better suited to the stage than they are to any other platform we know about. This is wonderful for all concerned – the audience numbers might be sm [read] Keywords: blogger
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Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot
Thu, Jul 1st 2010 3:17a Karen Hobert A funny and enlightened (sort of) memo on being acquired...br /br /a href="http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=13390"Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot/adiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6973405408608267122-1764259204410143128?l=khobert.blogspot.com' alt='' //div [read] Keywords: blogger
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Death by Gadget in Congo - NYTimes.com
Mon, Jun 28th 2010 6:47p Karen Hobert I am complicit in this. As most who know me know my love for gadgets and technology. I try, however, to keep in mind the social issues that come from that habit, such as toxic waste, and this, "conflict minerals." Or more bluntly "blood phones." Here is an impassioned and thoughtful a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27kristof.html"op-ed/a by Nicholas span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"Kristof/span of the span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"NYT [read] Keywords: application
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Social Media usage by Fortune 100 firms
Thu, Jun 10th 2010 7:47p Karen Hobert a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zmo4Z016Iu8/TBFvidnIs3I/AAAAAAAABqw/89TBQHtERgA/s1600/social-media-fortune-100-359x1023.jpg"img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zmo4Z016Iu8/TBFvidnIs3I/AAAAAAAABqw/89TBQHtERgA/s320/social-media-fortune-100-359x1023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481284859341615986" border="0" //abr /A few stats on Soc [read] Keywords: blogger
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Herre we go again...
Fri, May 21st 2010 1:21p Karen Hobert Sigh, this is classic for anyone who's worried about data privacy when developing web-based apps. The a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704513104575256701215465596.html"span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"WSJ/span reports/a today that:br /p/pblockquotepThe practice, which most of the companies defended, sends user names or ID numbers tied to personal profiles being viewed when users click on ads. After questions were raised by The Wall Street Journal, span c [read] Keywords: blogger
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Privacy in the news
Wed, May 19th 2010 3:17p Karen Hobert Its been an interesting couple weeks for raising privacy awareness. As span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"Facebook/span gets hammered by its users and the a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html"media/a on privacy concerns (see my earlier a href="http://khobert.blogspot.com/2010/05/evolution-of-privacy-on-facebook.html"post/a), Google is finding itself in hotter water withspan style="text-decoration: underline;"/span a href="http://www.n [read] Keywords: blogger
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Which company is more social?
Wed, May 19th 2010 2:17p Karen Hobert a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zmo4Z016Iu8/S_Qk1nPz59I/AAAAAAAABqc/c3m6cysHOjQ/s1600/socialcompanies-fr3.png"img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zmo4Z016Iu8/S_Qk1nPz59I/AAAAAAAABqc/c3m6cysHOjQ/s320/socialcompanies-fr3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473039950648960978" border="0" //abr /Nice graphics and details on the use of social [read] Keywords: connections
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The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook
Fri, May 14th 2010 4:17p Karen Hobert Seems that span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"Facebook/span is the latest privacy poster-child highlighting the strains that come between a service provider seeking a way to cash-in on our desire to socialize and the responsibility the provider assumes to protect its users.br /br /Recent blog posts and articles have recently come out on the (span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"de/span)evolution of privacy on span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR [read] Keywords: connections
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How Much is Your E-mail Worth?
Wed, Apr 28th 2010 7:14p Karen Hobert pCSG has published another report!/p h4a title="How Much is Your E-mail Worth?" href="http://collaborativestrategyguild.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/EmailTVIv3.pdf" mce_href="http://collaborativestrategyguild.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/EmailTVIv3.pdf" target="_blank"How Much is Your E-mail Worth?: Quantifying the Total Value Investment (TVI) of SaaS E-mail to Small and Medium Businesses/abr //h4 pCSG members Pete Lindstrom and Karen Hobert conducted and authored this st [read] Keywords: blogger
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IBM's Blog Muse
Fri, Apr 23rd 2010 2:16p Karen Hobert This Press Release jogged my blogging block...br /br /blockquoteNicknamed 'Blog Muse,' it solicits suggestions from a pool of prospective readers, proposes them to potential writers, alerts readers upon publication of the requested post, and encourages comment. Topic ideas can go viral and build audience interest ahead of publication, as prospective readers can see which suggested topics are the most popular. The tool can also generate topic suggestions automatically./blockquotebr /The cynic in [read] Keywords: connections
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