Rough Drafts

A four-month investigation by Baseline magazine shows that security in shipping ports is almost nonexistent.

Stephen Wade talks about oldtime American music and the banjo.

The Government Information Awareness [http://www.opengov.us] site is trying to provide a total picture of our government

I’m psyched: Starting this week I am executive editor for Mobile PC magazine, focusing on mobile technology: notebooks, PDAs, handhelds, mobile phones, etc. Our first issue will be out in January. I’ll be editing features and the news/trends section. Got a mobile product, a story idea, or a trend yo

Wired News: Antispam companies raking it in. Recent estimates from the Radicati Group show that firms selling antispam products and services stand to make $653 million in revenues in 2003, and up to $2.4 billion by 2007.

Clay Shirky argues that free content is getting better, more ubiquitous, and more compelling. Micropayments will never work.

Mitch Wagner: It seems to me that most of the PR people I deal with are focused on getting me to meet with their client, rather than trying to convince me to write articles about their client.

Steve Outing makes a strong case that email newsletters are dead, and that RSS news feeds are the way to go for publishers. He’s right — but he’s about 2 years ahead of the market.

I’m slow in noting this, but Louise Gl

Coming soon to a blog near you: Comment spamming. And: How to spam back, by flooding spambots with fake email addresses.

Halley can see now, thanks to cataract surgery

A man bought a used BlackBerry from a former Morgan Stanley vice president and discovered that it still contains the VP’s email messages, revealing a treasure trove of confidential information, according to this Wired News story by Kim Zetter. In addition to personal e-mails that reveal the VP’s own