When Being Ignored Is Bliss
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When Being Ignored Is Bliss

23y Dana Blankenhorn

When Being Ignored Is Bliss

You ever gawk at traffic running smoothly? Didn't think so -- it's the accidents that grab our attention. So if your press release is being ignored, t...

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Protection for a Broadband Net
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Protection for a Broadband Net

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Protection for a Broadband Net

Sure, it's great to have broadband access. It's fast, it's powerful. But power can make you vulnerable. How are we going to protect a broadband Net? R...

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When a Problem Becomes an Opportunity
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When a Problem Becomes an Opportunity

23y Dana Blankenhorn

When a Problem Becomes an Opportunity

Out in San Francisco to talk to Agere Systems salespeople about broadband, Dana found himself staying in a hotel whose wires couldn't even keep a 24,0...

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The Next Great ISP Movement
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The Next Great ISP Movement

23y Dana Blankenhorn

The Next Great ISP Movement

A little idealism might be just what it takes to get the Internet industry rolling again. And that's what makes a recent story on "wireless Ethernet" ...

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When Numbers Get Serious
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When Numbers Get Serious

23y Dana Blankenhorn

When Numbers Get Serious

What's all the tumult in the market? It's the sound of change coming. So just do what you've been doing with change ever since you came to the Interne...

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Conference Burnout
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Conference Burnout

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Conference Burnout

At many glossy conferences he's attended, Dana's wondered: If the Armani-clad CEO speaking has so many great new ideas, why isn't he back at the offic...

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Tips for a Special Dot-Com Holiday Party
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Tips for a Special Dot-Com Holiday Party

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Tips for a Special Dot-Com Holiday Party

How is your e-business going to celebrate the holiday season? How about playing "Dreidel for Jobs"? The winner stays employed, the losers get pink sli...

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Trying Times for iXL
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Trying Times for iXL

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Trying Times for iXL

Every new industry goes through a boom-and-bust cycle. Some companies never recover from a bust. Others come back stronger. Time will tell how iXL com...

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Riding With the King, or Ain't He a Dickens
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Riding With the King, or Ain't He a Dickens

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Riding With the King, or Ain't He a Dickens

Did your last dot-com go bust? Or are you just looking for a new opportunity? Well, here's a proven business plan, one with a 164-year history. Read M...

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The Problem of Domain Name Hoarding
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The Problem of Domain Name Hoarding

23y Dana Blankenhorn

The Problem of Domain Name Hoarding

If you've got a great new Internet business idea, you could very well end up paying a fee -- perhaps a huge one -- to some hoarder sitting on the name...

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Who Protects the Merchants?
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Who Protects the Merchants?

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Who Protects the Merchants?

Online shoppers worry about credit card security, but the fact has always been that merchants have as much to fear in any transaction as consumers. A ...

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E-Tail Holiday Survival
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E-Tail Holiday Survival

23y Dana Blankenhorn

E-Tail Holiday Survival

A lot of e-tailers have looked a lot like whiny children most of this year, at least to investors. And the upcoming holiday season is the "one more ch...

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What Does Online Anonymity Mean?
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What Does Online Anonymity Mean?

23y Dana Blankenhorn

What Does Online Anonymity Mean?

Under U.S. law, the border between one's right to anonymity and the power of the state lies along the line of speech and action. But there is no clear...

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Feeling Down? Cheer Up, and Pass the Gravy
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Feeling Down? Cheer Up, and Pass the Gravy

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Feeling Down? Cheer Up, and Pass the Gravy

As you sit down to turkey this afternoon, you may not feel there's much to be thankful for. Last year, you felt rich and did work you loved. Now maybe...

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Identity Politics and the Web
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Identity Politics and the Web

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Identity Politics and the Web

When the Internet was emerging, everyone agreed that this new medium would bring together people of different backgrounds, nationalities, and ideologi...

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A Merry E-Christmas?
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A Merry E-Christmas?

23y Dana Blankenhorn

A Merry E-Christmas?

What's ahead for the coming e-Christmas? Conventional wisdom holds that the online arm of real-world stores will shove the dot-coms aside. But are the...

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Trouble Ahead for New ICANN Chair
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Trouble Ahead for New ICANN Chair

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Trouble Ahead for New ICANN Chair

You think the Florida secretary of state has problems? Look at what Vinton Cerf, the new chair of ICANN, faces. How he deals with them might affect us...

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Click and Laugh
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Click and Laugh

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Click and Laugh

Laughter holds no party, no position. It skewers both sides without fear or favor. And the web serves up some of the best political humor around. Read...

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The Election Holds a Business Lesson
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The Election Holds a Business Lesson

23y Dana Blankenhorn

The Election Holds a Business Lesson

Do you spend a lot of your day fighting? With employees, suppliers, creditors, etc.? No doubt, you're absolutely right in all cases. But this election...

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Two Birds, One Stone
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Two Birds, One Stone

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Two Birds, One Stone

Dana's here to tell you about a terrible scandal. Democracy is being undermined, its intentions thwarted. The expressed will of the majority is being ...

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We Don't Need No Stinking Wires
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We Don't Need No Stinking Wires

23y Dana Blankenhorn

We Don't Need No Stinking Wires

One of 2000's big nonstories was the wireless application protocol (WAP). Wireless access to the Internet failed to take off because services such as ...

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Fear and Loathing in San Jose
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Fear and Loathing in San Jose

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Fear and Loathing in San Jose

There's always been a certain amount of paranoia in the ISP community, and at last week's ISPCON conference, the villain was easy to identify. It wasn...

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The Broadband Boom: Part 2
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The Broadband Boom: Part 2

23y Dana Blankenhorn

The Broadband Boom: Part 2

There are big surprises in the air for the Bellheads and cable head ends. Dana's looking at some of them at ISPCON this week. Read More...

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Broadband Boom: Part 1
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Broadband Boom: Part 1

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Broadband Boom: Part 1

You know the joke about real estate, that the three key words to know are location, location, and location? Well, at the ISPCON Fall 2000 conference t...

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Feeling Bitten by the Bear?
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Feeling Bitten by the Bear?

23y Dana Blankenhorn

Feeling Bitten by the Bear?

Did the bear bite you? You're not alone. The woods are filled with Internet retailers, content companies, and builders whose stocks are worth pennies ...

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What About It?
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What About It?

23y Dana Blankenhorn

What About It?

When it was announced that PRIMEDIA was to purchase About.com, PRIMEDIA's shares shed a fifth of their value within minutes. Did PRIMEDIA even buy a r...

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The Hockey Stick
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The Hockey Stick

23y Dana Blankenhorn

The Hockey Stick

The Internet isn't a product, or even a set of products. It's a medium, like radio or TV. This is a point being missed by investors looking at web bus...

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