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The Passing of J.D. Falk

I'm very sad to pass along the news that J.D. Falk has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer . I feel like I've known J.D. forever, and I most definitely had come to greatly respect and admire him. Occasionally someone would ask me if I'm trying to sound like Seth Godin, when I loudly attempt to espouse a consumer-centric point of view, I reply that no, I'm cha…
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Comcast’s Impressive System for Notifying Infected Users

Return Path's J.D. Falk reports on Comcast's efforts to let customers know when their home computers are infected: Pushing infectees into walled garden, redirecting them to a page warning them that their network connection is infected. J.D. Writes: "As one of the w…

You Can't Buy an Existing Business Relationship

I ran across this on Box of Meat the other day. PogoWasRight.org : Pitney Bowes pays $2.9M to settle ‘Blast Fax’ lawsuit: "When you buy a client list as part of buyng a firm’s assets, do you have an established business relationship with the clients that allows you to fax…

Happy Birthday, Internet!

J.D. Falk writes about the history of the internet and the relationship between the 'net and advertising. "Oh, Internet. You had such potential when you were born -- darling of the research community, supported by the wealthiest military the world has ever known. And y…

Behold the Box of Meat

Might I recommend you check out J.D. Falk's " Box of Meat " blog? It has rapidly become one of my favorites, the blog I check first when it's time to start reading my way around the blog-o-sphere. Quick links (and insightful one liners) take you straight to th…