http://mooreslore.corante.com/ en-us dana@a-clue.com 2006-02-18T10:13:57-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/18/danas_quick_writing_course.php I've been writing for over 40 years, professionally for 30. If you're interested in doing the same, here's a simple four-step process that will make your writing all it can be. Writing is easy to learn, easy to do. But... 48837@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2006-02-18T10:13:57-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/10/the_return_of_political_spam.php Spam is back in politics. But this time, the industry insists, it's different. This time it's e-mail marketing. Leading the charge is an outfit called Advocacy Inc., headed by Roger Alan Stone (he uses Alan so you won't confuse him... 48302@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ spam 2006-02-10T11:36:02-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/29/this_weeks_clue_the_entrepreneurial_team.php This week's issue of A-Clue.Com is on-topic (for once). It's about e-commerce, and about how to make start-ups work. Specifically we're talking about what it takes to get a start-up launched and the character of a successful entrepreneur, who is... 47388@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ e-commerce 2006-01-29T11:14:40-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/19/murder_the_beloved_country.php One reason I haven't been around much lately is I have been (finally) reading Salman Rushdie's latest 2005 1997classic Shalimar the Clown. Like all great writers Rushdie tends to be ahead of his time, sometimes far ahead. Just as his... 46726@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2006-01-19T14:38:28-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/15/its_the_process_stupid.php The Windows Metafile Format (.WMF) dates from 1990. Personally, I'd hate to have to take responsibility for what I did back in 1990, but I haven't made $50 billion in the last 15 years so I don't have to. The... 45385@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Security 2006-01-15T16:55:44-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/30/credibility_is_the_coin_of_the_realm.php I have long believed that the Internet makes us all journalists. By that I mean all of us -- as people, as companies, as institutions -- have an account called credibility. You build that account slowly, through words and actions.... 45106@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Consulting 2005-12-30T09:38:35-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/23/this_weeks_clue_the_spring_of_consensus.php This week's issue of A-Clue.Com is my annual Year in Preview essay. You're invited to join the A-Clue.Com community by clicking this link. Always free. One problem I have with Robert Prechter's work is its apocalyptic nature. It's the deep... 44779@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-12-23T10:30:10-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/16/this_weeks_clue_slouching_toward_armageddon.php This week's issue of A-Clue.Com is my annual Year in Review essay. You're invited to join the A-Clue.Com community by clicking this link. Always free. There are many forms of depression. There's the economic kind. There's the personal kind. There's... 43247@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ History 2005-12-16T10:54:55-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/14/the_right_way_to_economic_development.php This month Atlanta lost Rafael Furcal to a $40 million LA Dodger contract, but picked up Jeffrey Skolnick for $7 million. I'd say we came out ahead. Skolnick is a leader in bioinformatics, the use of computer technology to model... 40493@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Investment 2005-12-14T13:25:42-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/07/big_boost_to_medical_always_on.php The Always On medical market won a big endorsement today from a San Francisco research house, FocalPoint Group, which advised hospitals that the technology is ready to lower costs and improve care. The study projects that more than $7 billion... 39791@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Always On 2005-12-07T14:09:58-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/06/web_10_bust_on_web_20_boom.php One of the hidden ironies in the present Web 2.0 boom is that it occurs against the backdrop of a continuing Web 1.0 bust. Companies that arose in the 1990s in such niches as e-commerce have never really recovered from... 39644@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ e-commerce 2005-12-06T11:54:14-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/09/how_to_be_a_big_time_21st_century_brand.php Easy to say, tough to do. Ready? OK. One thing. Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) must be simple, powerful, easily understood by everyone you do business with -- employees, suppliers, customers. Fulfill the promise. Do what you say you will... 37767@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ marketing 2005-11-09T13:09:31-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/09/the_achilles_heel_of_web_20.php The hidden flaw, or Achilles Heel, of scaled technology systems like Amazon, eBay and Google is that the technology replaces human action. Techdirt's recent story of the angriest eBay seller is just one example. The folks at eBay have always... 37762@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2005-11-09T11:05:21-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/07/the_end_of_online_freedom.php The failure of the Online Freedom of Speech Act has provoked intense anger in Left Blogistan (pictured), directed mainly at its own representatives in Congress, and those interest groups supporting "government reform." It's easily dismissed as a left-wing copy of... 37724@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ blogging 2005-11-07T11:54:05-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/04/viruses_cut_out_the_middleman.php Instead of attacking Windows, Linux, or the Mac, today's hip, new virus writers are going after the anti-virus programs. Russian-born Israeli Andrey Bayora has documented how this is done at his company, SecurityElf. He dubs the attack, "The Magic Byte."... 37693@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Security 2005-11-04T12:33:45-05:00