Toward the Internet of Everythings

October 28, 2012 — Doc Searls

So @xl_cr tweets, Do you really believe the customer is in charge? If so check out @dsearls @vrm or visit ProjectVRM at http://projectvrm.org  #vrm Since ProjectVRM.org is the shortcut to http://blogs.harvard.law.edu/vrm, that link goes here. XL.CR is here. All the copy there says, Ever upward. Empowering buyers through invention. “Webify your world with a Twine. http://t.co/cQxQLx7Z via @supermechanical— xl_cr [Read More →]

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VRM at IIW

October 23, 2012 — Doc Searls

Below: two whiteboards from our VRM planning day, yesterday, in prep for #IIW, which is going on right now in Mountain View. I’ll explain later. Mostly right now I want to put these up to bring topics back to mind for folks who were there.    

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Time for subscribers to fix the broken subscription business

October 23, 2012 — Doc Searls

I love the New York Times. I’ve been buying and reading the paper for most of my life, and consider it the best newspaper in the world. And, now that I’m spending more time in New York, I want to subscribe to at least the digital edition. But trying to subscribe is a freaking ordeal. [Read More →]

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IIW XV

October 10, 2012 — Doc Searls

The XVth IIW is coming up on October 23-25 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, and VRM will be, as usual, a big topic — or collection of topics — there. IIW stands for Internet Identity Workshop, but the topical range is much wider than identity alone. Front and center for the last [Read More →]

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