Archive for the ‘Cool Ideas’ Category
Posted January 19th, 2011
The average person has little idea how much money there is to be made in Internet real estate. While some were lucky enough to have the foresight 15 years ago to participate in the invisible land grab, it took years for the rest of us to catch on.
While most of the “good” (i.e. profitable) domains have been long ago accounted for, there are occasional wells to be tapped in the form of ccTLDs re-appropriated for vanity use. While the world watches South Sudan inch closer to secession, Domain Name Wire points out that this could be a golden opportunity for the emerging country to make a killing on the ccTLD they may choose.
Montenegro experienced wild success upon the release of their ccTLD, .ME when they encouraged it’s use as a vanity extension and there is nothing, but imagination stopping another entity from having the same. If South Sudan were to make strategic choices in their Internet identity, it could lead to a huge gain for the new nation continuing the interesting precedent for possibilities of financial stability in emerging countries.
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Tags: .ME, CCTLD's, Montenegro, South Sudan
Posted in CCTLD's, Cool Ideas, World Events by Kelly Hardy
Posted December 17th, 2010
In a December 14, 2010 address to the UN, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom emphasizes the importance of a New Internet Nation State. He calls for greater transparency, trust and collaboration. Beckstrom states “Today, we again confront a great transformation. The Internet’s pace of change accelerates daily. Its power is awesome. It cannot be ignored; it should be channeled for maximum benefit”.
Although not a new idea, Beckstrom insists the the multi-stakeholder model is not only not a hindrance but the solution to how an Internet nation state might be formed. He cites the great success of the introduction of IDN’s as an example of what can be achieved as a cooperative body.
Beckstrom closes the address with a call to “follow the youth”. He explains “They are already collaborating - online, every day, every month, every year. As we design the New Internet Nation State, we should listen, and follow”.
To read the full communication, click HERE.
Tags: ICANN, Internet Nation State, Rod Beckstrom, UN
Posted in Cool Ideas, ICANN, Tech News by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 9th, 2010
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Tags: WIPO
Posted in Cool Ideas, Tech News, WIPO by Kelly Hardy
Posted July 20th, 2010
This is the story of enterprise in hard times. It is the story of a teen who dedicated himself to improving his lot. It is the story of how one young man turned an old cell phone into a Porsche. Without any money changing hands.
See full story at cnet.
Tags: Add new tag, cnet, craig's list
Posted in Cool Ideas, Tech News by Ken Taylor
Posted December 14th, 2009
From the New York Times Magazine
Every species — be it earthworm or great white shark — is entwined in a vast and complicated system of predator and prey called a food web. To determine which species in a food web are most important to the survival of the larger ecosystem, scientists design computer programs to model how the extinction of a given species would affect the other species in the system. This year, two scientists announced that they had found an unexpectedly useful tool for this purpose: the seminal Google search algorithm.
Read the rest of the Malia Wollan article HERE.
Tags: extinction, Google, New York Times
Posted in Cool Ideas by Ken Taylor
