Tangled Up in Spam
The New York Times published a comprehensive story about Spam by James Gleick. It is a really good read. February 9, 2003 – Magazine section. See patrickWeb public policy archive for related stories.
Are We Safe Yet?
It is not my area of expertise but I must admit that I think about nuclear and biological terrorism more than I used to. The current issue of IEEE Spectrum suggests that we may no longer feel like we’re living on the knife edge of 9/11 — but perhaps we should. In terms of radiological, […]
Global Internet Project – Honolulu
This has been a very busy week for public policy groups in Honolulu. The Global Internet Project Spam Workshop was a follow on to the June 18 meeting on the same subject. The GIP is an international group of senior executives committed to fostering continued growth of the Internet. It dates back to 1995 when […]
Spam Solutions In Sight (GIP Press Release)
The press release may be found here.
Today’s Visions of the Science of Tomorrow
John Brockman is a literary agent (and agent for my book, Net Attitude) and the publisher of Edge.org, a Web site devoted to science. At the end of each year, John poses a question to leading scientists, writers and futurists. In 2002, he asked respondents to imagine that they had been nominated as White House […]