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Introducing The Zehnkatzen Times

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SOB Hall of Famer: The Zehnkatzen Times

by Samuel J. Klein

The Zehnkatzen Times is the record of the perambulations of Samuel John Klein, a designer and self-styled pundit based in Portland, Oregon. From this podium he finds and comments on interesting things in graphic design, logo design, web design, map design, life and times in Portland, and the occasional ironic or funny random observation and, every now and again, a somewhat-trenchant political observation. Feel free to stop by and celebrate the process.

Notes from Liz: Sam J. Klein is a graphic designer who has a way with words. As soon as you begin reading The Zehnkatzen Times, you start to get the feeling, “Hey, I think I know this guy.” He understands the writer’s magic of bringing a smile and his own viewpoint to a story. His content includes commentary on blooks, blogs and his ongoing projects some of which are

He’s into so many things and writes with such a light touch. I can’t help but wonder whether his last name isn’t really Clemens.

Thanks, Sam, for letting me introduce you to the readers of Successful Blog.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 7-16-2006

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Does Patented Chaincast VMR Technology Stomp on Internet Property Rights?

US Patent #6249810 was issued to Chaincast Networks, Inc. for what is called Virtual Multicast Routing or (VMR) Technology. This technology flies in the face of centuries of established property rights and it probably does so because of the newness of the internet and the lack of understanding of how property rights apply to internet bandwidth.

Chaincast technology is used in the distribution of streaming media and is currently most prevalent in the streaming of broadcast radio audio programming on the internet. Some very large radio networks use this technology to “lower their cost of content delivery”. VMR technology is embedded within the unsuspecting users computer when the user is requested to download the VMR hosting service’s “patented media player”.

Once the radio station’s desiring online listener has checked the software provider’s “User License Agreement” checkbox, the media player begins to deliver the audio content. This is not where the story ends. The Chaincast technology takes over and as the name suggests, the radio broadcast is forwarded, using the listener’s bandwidth, to many more online listeners of the radio station. . . .

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Critical Skill 6A: Five Tools for Finding Faulty Assumptions

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What Is the Premise Behind your Thinking?

Future Skills

At the time I was an Executive Editor. The project was simple. Build a binder of about 300 pages. I’d probably built four times that many books already. For a rush job, this one should be a piece of cake.

We made the bookmap. We went through the usual steps. We got the pages. Got the binders. Got everything ready for assembly. That’s when we faced our hidden assumption.

We’d assumed that Binders go together exactly like books do.

They do except in one important way. Books don’t have those tab dividers. Our tiny assumption caused a major, stressful, and immediate problem. The first divider belonged between pages 23 and 24. So? [Read more…]

Thanks to Week 38 SOBs

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Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,

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and the right to call themselves
Successful Blog SOBs.

I invite them to take a badge home to display on their blogs.

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Writers Blog Alliance

They take the conversation to their readers,
contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our businesses stronger.

I thank all of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.

Should anyone question this badge’s validity, send him or her directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

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Want to become an SOB?

If you’re an SO-Wanna-B, you can see the whole list of SOBs and learn how to be one by visiting the SOB Hall of Fame. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Net Neutrality 7-15-2006

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Cerf, Part 1: Excuse me, but we don’t get a free ride at all

Fortune recently ran an interview with Google’s Vint Cerf (I think it’s in the current issue, it’s not up on the site yet). That was unfortunate for Business 2.0, the magazine where I do interviews, because I had recently completed an interview with him as well. Given that B2 is monthly and Fortune comes out every two weeks, Fortune scooped B2, and now the magazine doesn’t want to run my interview.

Well, that’s great for us. Because B2 said I can run it here, a full month ahead of when it would get through B2’s production process, and at greater length.

Vint, who is Chief Internet Evangelist for Google and is widely regarded as one of the fathers of the Internet, does not mince words in this interview. He’s clearly got a point of view, and he is not afraid to explain it. Of note – Cerf understands the Bellhead point of view personally, he spent a fair amount of time at MCI before joining Google….

Here’s Part 1, more coming as I edit it…

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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SOB Business Cafe 07-14-2006

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Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Another Blogger offers a fresh look at 9 things we should all understand about who we are and who we write for.

9 Things Every Blogger Should Understand

Case Notes from the Artsy Asylum delves into and analyzes the latest press about David Sifry’s Interview and changes at Technorati.

Workout4Bloggers reminds us to take care of our own parts that can breakdown while we work.

The New Flatness goes deep in considering the huge importance of web presence and it’s impact on our future.

Related ala carte selections include

Shards of Consciousness reminds us that people and stars are made of the same stuff.

Whos the Star of Your Story

Cuileann McKenzie offers a creative solution for keeping track of fleeting ideas.

Do I Need a Tin Foil Hat

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like.
No tips required. Comments appreciated.

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss