A reader writes that I should keep track of all of the posts in the blogosphere on new TLDs and then forward them to ICANN so it can consider them as part of the public forum. Very good idea. Bloggers are writing a lot about the sponsored proposals and the evolution of the namespace, but ICANN is seeing increasingly fewer comments on its public comment boards.

Here's what may be an even better idea though. ICANN (or, rather, Terri Irving), when you announce something that calls for public comment, set the web page to do auto-discovery for remote pings (aka "trackbacks"). Then, I can publish my comments on my own web site, auto-alert ICANN that I've posted something, and ICANN can keep an easy public record of the relevant posts in the blogosphere.  

Terri, drop a note to Ross. I'll bet he can get you the tools you need.