November 25, 2001
SJ Mercury: Law and the Internet: more worries than hopes.
Q&A with Lawrence Lessig. The instant reaction to the Sept. 11 episode has been to assert strong controls over the technology. When you reduce its diversity and decentralization, in my view, you weaken the Internet's strengths and you sacrifice much more than you intend to in the name of security.
Lighthouse: "See the Destruction of Email Messaging from the Comfort of Your Home!!!"
Jupiter suggests several tactics which businesses can use to reach customers by email, some designed to give customers more control over the messages they receive from marketers. But the sheer numbers suggest a problem that the current system may not be able to fix.
Useit.Com: The 10 Best Intranet Designs of 2001.
By comparison, intranets have been slower to improve. The main reasons are that intranets continue to be poorly managed and lack the budgets required for a redesign that would let them reach the entire company and properly accommodate its applications and mass of online content.
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