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"Jesse, I think you've outdone yourself by proposing some very interesting questions. I'm going to sidestep the speculations about the constitutional outcomes. I think you've proposed a fertile area for speculative fiction. I apologize for the length of the response. This should be its own blog post, but I wanted to keep in tied to the original inspiration. This is a complex subject, and I'm only addressing a few aspects. I'm viscerally opposed to anonymity in government -- by government officials, but not necessarily by the public. By becoming a public servant, in my thinking you become a public being; i.e., you give up a certain amount of personal privacy, much like public celebrities. Referring back to the production and acceptance of the Constitution, let's not forget that after the work had been made public and was seeking ratification, the Federalist essays were published anonymously at the time. Though the Crown was not a threat, anonymity was still seen as useful to get the..." - Will King

"Jesse, I think you've outdone yourself by proposing some very interesting questions. I'm going to sidestep the speculations about the constitutional outcomes. I think you've proposed a fertile area for speculative fiction. I apologize for the length of the response. This should be its own blog post, but I wanted to keep in tied to the original inspiration. This is a complex subject, and I'm only addressing a few aspects. I'm viscerally opposed to anonymity in government -- by government officials, but not necessarily by the public. By becoming a public servant, in my thinking you become a public being; i.e., you give up a certain amount of personal privacy, much like public celebrities. Referring back to the production and acceptance of the Constitution, let's not forget that after the work had been made public and was seeking ratification, the Federalist essays were published anonymously at the time. Though the Crown was not a threat, anonymity was still seen as useful to get the..." - Will King

"Was really great to learn about all the tools and resources, Jeff. Thanks for the class, really enjoyed it." - Will King

"I have both an iPod Touch and iPad, and I prefer the iPad primarily because of the larger screen -- necessary for older eyes. I had an original iPod Touch, and traded up recently to the 4th gen. I prefer the Touch for use as a camera, notepad, communicator (Skype) and (primarily) MP3 player. My original goal with the iPad was to develop it as a personal dashboard (a project still in process), but with the growth of the ePub format, I'm also experimenting with the possibilities of a single massive carry-around library. The larger screen just gives me more room to view photos, charts, video, mail, ebooks, etc., and a much easier-to-use keyboard vs. the Touch. Won't be upgrading to the iPad 2, as it's just too large to use as a camera, which is really the only new feature that might be of interest to me." - Will King

"I have both an iPod Touch and iPad, and I prefer the iPad primarily because of the larger screen -- necessary for older eyes. I had an original iPod Touch, and traded up recently to the 4th gen. I prefer the Touch for use as a camera, notepad, communicator (Skype) and (primarily) MP3 player. My original goal with the iPad was to develop it as a personal dashboard (a project still in process), but with the growth of the ePub format, I'm also experimenting with the possibilities of a single massive carry-around library. The larger screen just gives me more room to view photos, charts, video, mail, ebooks, etc., and a much easier-to-use keyboard vs. the Touch. Won't be upgrading to the iPad 2, as it's just too large to use as a camera, which is really the only new feature that might be of interest to me." - Will King

"I'm not sure that Rod Serling's outlook was entirely about Mankind and its insecurities. There were positive episodes as well. I'm thinking of "One for the Angels" (included in Season One) where a man (Ed Wynn) who is not yet ready to die, eventually offers to trade his life to save the life of a child. Or "A Passage for Trumpet" (also Season One) where a down-and-out musician (Jack Klugman) learns to value his life when given a second chance. Sadly, I don't think Rod would be successful if he had to start today. His style of storytelling, of focusing on characters not just to draw them out, but to use them as symbols for larger ideas, just wouldn't find the same acceptance with today's audiences." - Will King

"I'm not sure that Rod Serling's outlook was entirely about Mankind and its insecurities. There were positive episodes as well. I'm thinking of "One for the Angels" (included in Season One) where a man (Ed Wynn) who is not yet ready to die, eventually offers to trade his life to save the life of a child. Or "A Passage for Trumpet" (also Season One) where a down-and-out musician (Jack Klugman) learns to value his life when given a second chance. Sadly, I don't think Rod would be successful if he had to start today. His style of storytelling, of focusing on characters not just to draw them out, but to use them as symbols for larger ideas, just wouldn't find the same acceptance with today's audiences." - Will King

"I'm not sure that Rod Serling's outlook was entirely about Mankind and its insecurities. There were positive episodes as well. I'm thinking of "One for the Angels" (included in Season One) where a man (Ed Wynn) who is not yet ready to die, eventually offers to trade his life to save the life of a child. Or "A Passage for Trumpet" (also Season One) where a down-and-out musician (Jack Klugman) learns to value his life when given a second chance. Sadly, I don't think Rod would be successful if he had to start today. His style of storytelling, of focusing on characters not just to draw them out, but to use them as symbols for larger ideas, just wouldn't find the same acceptance with today's audiences." - Will King

"Jesse, due to the earlier call you made, I created a list of my own. You're certainly welcome to copy any or all of the people I've collected on my Utah Tech list: http://twitter.com/wrk3/utah-t...." - Will King

"Jesse, due to the earlier call you made, I created a list of my own. You're certainly welcome to copy any or all of the people I've collected on my Utah Tech list: http://twitter.com/wrk3...." - Will King

"Jesse, due to the earlier call you made, I created a list of my own. You're certainly welcome to copy any or all of the people I've collected on my Utah Tech list: http://twitter.com/wrk3/utah-t...." - Will King

Times as well would be most welcome. :-) #betakoltag-sg-postscomments - Kol Tregaskes

Bump. - Kol Tregaskes

"I, too, think it's important to be able to memorialize friends and family when they pass. But, over the long term, but what should be the responsibility of a business like Facebook to maintain memorialized accounts? For instance, imagine Facebook is still active as a business 100 years from now. Every user alive today will have passed away, along with more generations. By that point, their user database will be more like Ancestry.com than the Facebook we know. Yet, to future users, the ability to research who knew who in the past might be important data. So, the question is, should a service like Facebook be required to maintain social data after a user passes away? If, how long? Does that social connection knowledge become more valuable over time? And, what of the privacy implications to the descendants of that person?" - Will King

"I, too, think it's important to be able to memorialize friends and family when they pass. But, over the long term, but what should be the responsibility of a business like Facebook to maintain memorialized accounts? For instance, imagine Facebook is still active as a business 100 years from now. Every user alive today will have passed away, along with more generations. By that point, their user database will be more like Ancestry.com than the Facebook we know. Yet, to future users, the ability to research who knew who in the past might be important data. So, the question is, should a service like Facebook be required to maintain social data after a user passes away? If, how long? Does that social connection knowledge become more valuable over time? And, what of the privacy implications to the descendants of that person?" - Will King

"I, too, think it's important to be able to memorialize friends and family when they pass. But, over the long term, but what should be the responsibility of a business like Facebook to maintain memorialized accounts? For instance, imagine Facebook is still active as a business 100 years from now. Every user alive today will have passed away, along with more generations. By that point, their user database will be more like Ancestry.com than the Facebook we know. Yet, to future users, the ability to research who knew who in the past might be important data. So, the question is, should a service like Facebook be required to maintain social data after a user passes away? If, how long? Does that social connection knowledge become more valuable over time? And, what of the privacy implications to the descendants of that person?" - Will King

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. - Will King

Fox Television may be looking at rebooting both Torchwood and Doctor Who in American versions. What may make this work is that Russell Davies and some of the original production crew from the BBC versions are behind this effort. What's interesting is that this would put two television series into parallel production universes simultaneously. - Will King

Art books as iPhone apps. - Will King

Now this is truly a creative use for Twitter. - Will King

Interesting: "A more flexible workforce should evolve with some firms that might mean a smaller core workforce and a larger, so-called flexiforce." - Will King

DirecTV wants to be an ISP? - Will King

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Publishers take note: When a dead-tree book sells out, release as an iPhone app! - Will King from Bookmarklet

Have the same question - chiming in for some enlightenment on this - Morten Blaabjerg

Delete group would still be a nice feature to implement :) - Patrick Mackaaij

And some people worry that the Federal government is getting too powerful. Maybe it's the states instead... - Will King from Bookmarklet

"Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said providing citizens with the option of government-run insurance isn’t essential to the Obama administration’s proposed overhaul of U.S. health care." - Will King from Bookmarklet