http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Phillip J. Windley on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2007-09-05T14:26:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/79514_enum_phone_numbers_internet http://www.circleid.com/posts/79514_enum_phone_numbers_internet presentation (podcast) on FreeNum, a scheme for bringing phone numbers to the Internet. Of course, I love identifiers and addresses and all that they enable, so it was a natural. Suppose you were a university campus and when you looked at your phone bill, you noticed that a lot of calls were to other universities. You've got a VoIP telephone system; they've all got VoIP telephone systems. You might wonder "isn't there some way to route these calls over the Internet and save some serious money?" The answer, of course is "yes" but making it usable is a little harder... More...]]> 2007-09-05T14:26:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/microid_microformat_for_claiming_ownership http://www.circleid.com/posts/microid_microformat_for_claiming_ownership More...]]> 2006-03-27T16:31:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/flushing_the_net_down_the_tubes http://www.circleid.com/posts/flushing_the_net_down_the_tubes Doc Searls has written a brilliant piece framing the battle for the 'Net at Linux Journal. The piece is long, but if you take the time to read just one essay on the 'Net and the politics surround it this year, read this one. If you're involved in public policy, it's especially important that you take the time to understand what's at stake here. One of Doc's main points: we haven't framed the conversation correctly and our poor choice of words makes the argument seem overly technical and arcane when it's really about freedom, markets, and innovation. More...]]> 2005-11-16T15:02:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/us_moving_forward_with_enum http://www.circleid.com/posts/us_moving_forward_with_enum More...]]> 2004-05-04T19:36:39-08:00