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The first time I read WIPO's recent press release on cybersquatting, it didn't make an impression on me...then I read Wendy Seltzer's blog post about it. She's right.- - - - -
I was struck by the difference in the headlines about the ICANN-Verisign settlement. The Associated Press wrote "Deal places limits on '.com' price hikes." Internet News: "Domain Prices Set to Rise." Only one gets the story right. - - - - -
I posted my initial thoughts on the ICANN-Verisign agreements, including on the pricing issue, to the At Large Advisory Committee mailing list (here and here).- - - - -
When Blogware, the software I use for this weblog, was in beta testing, I asked the developers for a new feature: post to the future.
I wanted the ability to write several items ahead of time and have them
automatically "post" at a time I specified. That's the sort of feature
that converts a simple blogging tool into a full-fledged CMS ("Content
Management System"). I suppose I wasn't paying attention to the release
notes because I just noticed last night that the feature is now live. I
don't know how long it's been there, but I plan to use it from now on. My sense is that blog readers and podcast listeners like to know when a site is going to have new content. You're more likely to return if you have some assurance that when you do, something new will be here. With the new feature, I can blog in draft throughout the day and have it automatically post as a new story the next morning. Occasionally, I may decide to post something immediately (for example, during the ICANN meetings), but it's rare that ICANN news is of such urgency that it can't wait until the next day.
Long story, made short: over the next few weeks, look here in the morning, Monday through Friday. The day's entry will go live each day at 12:00 a.m. Pacific. This means that the readers in Asia, Europe and Africa (a majority of my readers) will be reading it first, rather than a day late.
Coming tomorrow: "Pigs and Cows and New gTLDs."
