Author: Vince Kimball

Paul Resnick on Reputation. Online reputation mechanisms are large-scale online word-of-mouth communities in which individuals share opinions on a wide range of topics, including companies, products, services, and even world events (Dellarocas, 2003). Best known so far as a technology for building trust and fostering cooperation in online trading communities, such as eBay, these mechanisms… Continue reading Paul Resnick on Reputation

First Impression. “If it's not fun, don't do it. Time to get another job.” –Alan Webber, Founding Editor, Fast Company  [Fast Company]

An announcement about RSS. As noted on Scripting News today, the RSS 2.0 copyright has been transferred to Harvard, the spec has been placed under a Creative Commmons license, and an advisory board — initially Dave Winer, Brent Simmons, and me — has been formed. … [Jon's Radio]

PHP Magazines. I would just like to congratulate PHP Architect on their plans to launch their print edition in September. Also have a look at PHP Magazine. Both are great magazines with little overlap. The difference between them is that PHP Architect has fewer articles but they go into much greater depth. PHP Magazine seems… Continue reading PHP Magazines

Check Out Your Charity. Find out if your donations are actually doing some good. [The Motley Fool]

Why Doubt WebEx?. WebEx blows the shorts off earnings. [The Motley Fool]

Slashdot | Honeytokens: The Other Honeypot. martyros writes “I just read a fascinating article by Lance Spitzner securityfocus.com about a concept he calls honeytokens. The idea is similar to that of a honeypot, which he defines as “an information system resource whose value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that resource”. Rather than having… Continue reading Honeytokens: The Other Honeypot

The Economist: Searching for relevance. The ground being fought over is located on the results pages of internet searches. These, contrary to expectations during the dotcom boom, are now the most exciting place on the internet for many advertisers. [Tomalak's Realm]

White House E-Mail System Becomes Less User-Friendly. Those who want to send a message to the president must now navigate as many as nine Web pages and fill out a form that asks if they support White House policy. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]

Ray Ozzie: “People are discovering why compartmentalized security such as that implemented by Groove is so important moving forward.” [Scripting News]