Blogarithms
Doug Kaye's thoughts on web services, web hosting and managed services.
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Finding a place for UDDI Phil Wainewright has pulled together some of the best analyst and vendor comments on the state and future of this often-misunderstood protocol and service.
Posted Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:35:15 PM 
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Micropayment's Big Potential. Steven Milunovich of Red Herring write about the latest developments in the on-going saga of micropayments including Ron Rivest's solution named Peppercorn. Check out the PowerPoint deck or the math-heavy PDF.
[Update: The company referred to in the Red Herring article has changed its name from Peppercorn to Peppercoin. According to CEO Perry Solomon, the company may or may not be implementing everything presented in these works by Rivest and Micali.]
Posted Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:32:18 PM
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Rough Science. What do you get when you combine CBS' Survivor and the old Mr. Wizard? (You need to be at leat 40 to know that one.) Probably something like this BBC series I found by accident while channel surfing tonight. In this 30-minute episode, five scientists on a tropical island had to use local materials to (a) convert salt water to fresh, and (b) create underwater light. Check your local PBS stations for this worthwhile show.
Posted Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:14:09 PM
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Jiri Ludvik on the Liberty Aliance 1.0 Spec. "End users don't give a monkey about digital identity and Liberty per se. It's the companies who have chance to become identity providers (actually banks according to Gartner), who care about this and who might be ready to pay for the fun." And more tantalizing observations.
Posted Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:09:00 PM
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How To Protect Your Company When Your Service Provider Goes Broke. "There it is on the front page of the business section: One of your suppliers just filed for bankruptcy. Your phone rings off the hook. Your CEO asks, 'What happens now?'...If your supplier declares bankruptcy, you lose the right to terminate the agreement unilaterally, which will interfere with your ability to find another supplier, and your supplier can terminate the agreement on little notice without providing you any termination assistance." A short but must-read article by two experienced bankruptcy attorneys. [Source: Outsourcing Center]
Posted Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:05:30 AM
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