Canadian Government to Study Combining Offices of Information and Privacy Commissioners

July 25, 2005

“Prime Minister Paul Martin today announced that the Honourable Gérard Vincent La Forest, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada will conduct an arm’s length review of the merits of combining the responsibilities of the Information Commissioner and the Privacy Commissioner into a single office. Mr. La Forest will be appointed as Special Advisor […]

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Building a Privacy Culture from the Ground Up

July 25, 2005

Michael Geist’s latest Law Bytes column focuses on the recent finding of the federal Privacy Commissioner that marketing materials included in monthly banking statements constitute “secondary marketing” and that consumers should be entitled to opt-out of receiving them. It’s a thoughtful and useful overview of the issue and of the changing culture of marketing.

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Where on Earth Are You?

July 25, 2005

A recent Christian Science Monitor article describes the current state of tracking technologies.

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The Internet’s Next Evolution

July 24, 2005

Electronic Design has an article on the growth of M2M (machine to machine) transactions, soon to dwarf human transactions in terms of volume. Quote: Perhaps the most unexpected source of increased data and Internet traffic will come from M2M communications (see the figure). Any device containing an embedded controller—and that’s pretty much everything these days—is […]

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Spending Sparingly on Marketing

July 24, 2005

The Austin Statesman recently ran an article on Whole Foods Market’s advertising strategy (they don’t advertise). It’s an interesting case study of using reputation and targeted marketing to build brand awareness. Via Dane Carlson.

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How Venture Boards Influence the Success or Failure of Technology Companies

July 24, 2005

Via Brad Feld, an article by Dennis Jaffe of Saybrook Graduate School and Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners titled “After The Term Sheet: How Venture Boards Influence The Success Or Failure Of Technology Companies.” Brad Feld’s post provides an overview of the article.

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More on Personal Offshoring

July 24, 2005

From The Guardian, an article by Ben Hammersley on personal offshoring, with some details on how he uses it in his working life. Quote: The idea of hiring a programmer to make that little widget you are desperate for might seem decadent, but it is very good value for money and remarkably easy. I needed […]

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How to Survive an Earn-Out

July 22, 2005

Anthony Cerminaro links to a Business Week.com article on using earn-outs in M&A transactions. Highlights: Before you agree to anything, get a lawyer who specializes in mergers and acquisitions. Besides helping to negotiate the deal, a lawyer can keep emotions from boiling over when things get dicey. “If you feel uncomfortable taking a hard line […]

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U.S. to Give Doctors Free Patient Health Record Software

July 22, 2005

In order to encourage the adoption of electronic health records, the U.S. Medicare program is planning to give doctors free copies of a version of the Vista health records software. Details in this NYT article. Gist: There is no one in medicine who does not consider it both crucial and long overdue to have electronic […]

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Driven to Distraction by Technology

July 22, 2005

CNet has a short piece this week on information overload and how some are coping with the distractions of the always-connected workplace. Gist: The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains […]

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When Technology Runs Amok

July 21, 2005

David Freedman has an article in the July Inc. on the difficulty smaller organizations have in making important IT decisions. Quote: But those who sneer at the inability of lumbering bureaucratic government agencies to manage technology probably haven’t run a company. Because while having a computer-system development disaster take place on your watch may sound […]

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John Doerr’s Startup Manual

July 20, 2005

Fast Company interviewed John Doerr in 1997 on his advice about starting a company or joining a startup. Sample: Let’s say you’re advising a 28-year-old engineer or marketer who’s worked at a successful high-tech company for a few years and is moving up the ranks. Then one morning, his pals say, “We’re all meeting at […]

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