Craig Burton

I am not sure I can put my finger on it. But when someone says “I tell you my friend” –especially if they say it more than once. I reach for my back pocket and check for my wallet.
You know, that feeling you get when you know it’s just not a good idea to bend [...]

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This is what it looks like this afternoon

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I was driving around Scottsdale the last few days, finishing up stuff before we move back to Utah. It was 106 degrees outside. I saw a very funny bumper sticker:
“If you want to live in a different country where the church runs the government: Move to Utah”
I am not saying Utah is without its problems. [...]

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I love the Daily Show. It is just about the only thing on TV that I like. The rerun for Friday night’s edition ran this morning around 1:00 am. I awoke to catch the dialogue between Jon and Samantha about the announcement of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate for VP. If you didn’t catch [...]

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Here is a new set of graphics done in Poser. There is no post work done in Photoshop yet.

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1007 blog posts ago, Kim Cameron rocked the Identity planet when he rolled out the Laws of Identity. He recently release the “short version” of these laws. Here they are:
People using computers should be in control of giving out information about themselves, just as they are in the physical world.
The minimum information needed for the [...]

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Recently my good friend and fellow Utahn (pronounced Utah-uhn) Phil Windley declared the arrival of laconi.ca as a major breakthrough in microblogging technology. He is even toying with installing it himself at home. (Admittedly fears repercussions.)
The two main features of laconi.ca are, it is open source, and it has federated naming as an option. [...]

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I stumbled on this note from Eric Schmidt. I haven’t called the number yet. But I am going to. I will let you know how my experience goes. I think I will record it.

Google Help Center

A Note to Google Users on Net Neutrality:
The Internet as we know it is facing a serious threat. [...]

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Few people understand what really happened with the advent of NetWare. Novell was the first company to figure out how to make money selling software infrastructure. Before Novell, soft infrastructure was included with some hardware, or sold with a service contract.
The dynamics this created that still exist and some of the lessons learned at in [...]

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