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Net Neutrality 7-19-2006

July 19, 2006 by Liz

Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding these links to the Net Neutrality Page.

Kid you not, Google’s Vint Cerf in his debate today actually ruminated on the need to create a comic book to educate Congress on the Internet and net neutrality. He also played to the elites in the audience, by giving veiled instructions to a questioner to google “Stevens” and “tubes.” Mr. Cerf apparently is not shy about telling a room full of press that he and his colleagues do not have a very high opinion of the mental aptitude of our national legislators.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic and the TOYs Are in Portugal!

July 18, 2006 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

The rules are simple — be nice.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. . . . Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

Tonight we talk about toys.

Here’s a link to the Toys of the Century.

We might also talk about

crayons and legos.
transformers
sandboxes and sand castles.
The Where is Basil Contest?

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What ever happened to the drinking moose and his friend the pig?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Open Mic at 7pm Chicago Time — Bring Your Toys!

July 18, 2006 by Liz

It’s about Toys of the Century!

YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

We met lots of new friends last week as we always do. If you missed it, stop by this week, and it’s your turn to come.

Tonight we talk about toys.

Here’s a link to the Toys of the Century.

We might also talk about

crayons and legos.
transformers
sandboxes and sand castles.
The Where is Basil Contest?

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What ever happened to the drinking moose and his friend the pig?

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

And we’ll be on the beach in Portugal.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

The Mic Is on in Search of Pirates!

What to Do Before They Ask What Do You Do?

July 18, 2006 by Liz

What’s Your Name

When is a rose not a rose? When it is Compassion. When a car not a car? When its a Model J DUESENBERG. Why did I quit teaching? Because I couldn’t find another word.

It’s true that’s the reason.

I left college being called a master teacher, with student teachers following me into the classroom. It had something to do with my philosophy that if I couldn’t sit in a desk all day, I’d be damned if I would ask a 6-year-old to try to do so. I loved the kids and the teaching, but when new friends asked What do you do? I heard myself saying, I’m a teacher, but not like any you ever knew. That wasn’t good. That’s when I realized that I needed a new word or I wouldn’t be teaching.

You’ve probably not left a career over a word, and probably suspect there was more to it. There was, and there wasn’t. The way folks viewed me was the problem. I wasn’t what they imagined. I didn’t like being put in their box.

But we rely on words figure out our world view.

There is no getting away from that.The next best thing is picking our words.

What Are You? a Blogger? a Writer? a Publisher? a Sales Rep? a Marketer? a Citizen Journalist? a Critic? a Martyr?

What do you do? they say. What do I answer? [Read more…]

Net Neutrality 7-18-2006

July 18, 2006 by Liz

Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Technologists square off on Net neutrality

WASHINGTON–Two Internet pioneers dueled on Monday over whether proposed Net neutrality regulations supported by companies like Google and Amazon.com are the best way to prevent “abusive” behavior by broadband providers.

A debate here hosted by the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research institute that brags of challenging “conservative thinking,” pitted Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, who co-developed the Internet’s backbone protocols and has emerged as a leading proponent of congressional antidiscrimination mandates for network operators, against Dave Farber, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist widely considered to be a “grandfather” of the Internet.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Scott Karp deserves your attenion.

July 17, 2006 by Liz

Wondering What’s Changed?

You can argue ideology, but I’ve said for a while that American companies are going to hurt when they realize they no longer have the only access to the largest market in the world. It’s not a hard concept — it’s about quality now, not quanity. Scott Karp says it beautifully in just a few words. Don’t let the big words throw you. Click the title and go read.

Thanks, Scott. I agree completely.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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