Good overview on the difference between peering and transit forms of Internet (or internetwork) connectivity.
How the ‘Net works: an introduction to peering and transit
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CBC News Special Report: Disconnected
CBC is running some in-depth coverage of the telecom industry in Canada. Good to see this being picked up as a major story of its own, as the state of our telecom industry is sorely lacking in a number of respects. Did someone say wireless pricing? Or was it too few CLECs in anything but the biggest markets?
For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time
Charles Murray says For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time, and should be replaced with CPA-like competency exams. I didn’t realize we were enamoured with the B.A. — I thought we already knew it wasn’t worth much, simply the price of admission. Not sure I entirely subscribe to his theory, though. (HT)
Do All Companies Have to be Evil?
An article in Scientific American contrasts Enron & Google… interesting in light of my post from a few months back. The description of the corporate culture at Enron is striking an almost diabolical polar opposite to Google.
42 Awesome Business Card Designs
42 Awesome Business Card Designs: when you’re handed a lightweight business card with perforation marks around the edges, you’ve already formed an opinion, right? On the other hand, a stand-out card says something else altogether.
Marketing Diet?
Seths Blog: The stupid diet. One of my cronies is fond of saying about most people’s marketing “strategy”, “Come on now, take your vitamins.“Â Yes, the parallel is clear:Â better to keep it up than wait to try the prevention until you’re already sick.
Happy Document Freedom Day
Document Freedom Day is an effort to promote the adoption and use of open standards for document and file formats.