April 17, 2001
MSNBC: American Airline forbids employee from responding to online queries.
At first, her supervisors were supportive of her efforts, and Ms. Griffin developed a loyal following in cyberspace. But as the months wore on, American became increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of an employee responding to questions without official authorization.
- CIO: From April 1, 2000; End Game.
Q&A with David Weinberger.
Fast Company: Jazzed About Work.
Ozzie offered several lessons on how people can use technology to work together well -- and on how they can work together to create great technology. Every interview is a kind of collaboration. This interview, involving a master of collaboration, was no exception.
DaveNet: The Web is a Writing Environment.
The Web is a conversation too. Some people say, still, that the Web will coalesce to a few big brands. Hah. The Web is at the intersection of publishing and the telephone. How many brands of phone conversation are there? Can you call Sandy to talk with Allison?
eWEEK: Compaq banks on rickety Ricochet for mobile.
Compaq Computer Corp.'s decision to extend mobile Internet services on foundering Metricom Inc.'s Ricochet wireless network is raising questions about the offering and fueling speculation that Metricom may be ripe for a takeover.
eCompany: Some Domain-Name Cases Just Aren't Worth Fighting Over.
So far this year, Canadian Tire has already brought at least two legal actions against websites for infringing on its trademarks, and those two cases are pretty good examples of when you should call the lawyers, and when you should simply "ignore it."
EE Times: Startup aims to encrypt all Web traffic.
Andes announced recently at the RSA Conference 2001 that it is sampling an SSL accelerator system, a box designed to sit in Internet data centers and whose sole function is to decode encrypted traffic as it comes in, and add encryption to traffic on the way out.
Red Herring: Big appliances sell on the Web.
The appliance maker finally seems to have locked onto an Internet strategy that makes sense. Only a year ago, such old-industry companies struggled with the Web amid a dot-com boom that threatened to overcome them and render many of their practices obsolete.
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