Silicon Palms

Author: Aaron

  • Evolution of Ideas

    John Perry Barlow coined the tern “cyber space” from which I embellished “cyber estate” to describe online property. He was such a pioneer JPB, so much so, as to be way out front of almost anyone else alive at the time. When he published “Economy of Ideas” it must have caused allot of confusion even amongst academia, the only place it would have been read (at first). Now all these years and quantum leaps forward his manifesto is just as valid as it was, and may always be. The most valuable assets in the new global economy are ideas.

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  • Copyright FAQ’s for Bloggers

    Another Blog that I publish is called “Intellectual Security” and is information related to Intellectual Property (IP) topics such as copyright, trademark and patent law. Most of the content is Press releases but occasionally I come across interesting articles, so I write to the authors and ask for permission to republish. I met the attorney and IP expert John Farmer in 2004 in this way and now he’s provided 2 excellent articles for that site.

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  • Category Design

    Possibly the most important aspect of web site design is the categorization of the ideas, as this is what creates the navigation. Ultimately the flow of ideas is what makes a site successful or not. The way that people consume information online is very different from other medias, so it’s even more important to get the categories correct and provide the reader an index of the content.

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  • Year of the Golden Pig

    It turns out that my Mom is born in the year of the pig, so we’ve been writing back and forth to share little things we’ve learned about this auspicious year. Now an Asian friends from Vancouver informed me that Chinese people are excited because we’re entering the “Year of the Golden Pig” and it only happens every 60 or so years.

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  • Radical Dissenters

    This morning I watched a chilling report on BBC World about how websites and the Internet are used to promote and recruit for global Islamic terror networks. Just writing about this topic makes me nervous because we’re such a networked world and the search engines pick up and connect every word, which is why I’ll avoid using any organization names or provide any web site locations. The power of the Internet to bring good into people’s lives has always been the focus of my attention, so much so that I neglected to think much about how the web was being used for evil.

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  • Track ‘n Trade


    I’m always on the lookout for digital download products to sell on Commodity Trader and my other sites, so recently I became an affiliate for Gecko Software, they offer the best solution for tracking, charting and back testing the Futures, Forex, and Stock Markets. Go ahead and click on the graphic to download your free 30 trail version of Track ‘n Trade 4.0.

  • World Economic Forum

    Davos Switzerland is famous for ground breaking advancements in social programs. Each year technology has become more and more center stage at the schmooze fest for global titans, although this year Iraq was also high on the agenda.
    Last night I watched a special on CNN live from Davos, hosted by Becky Anderson, called “Our Networked World” with a live audience who each had a wireless device to provide polling to questions asked during the discussion. The panel was a good mix of industry experts and the topic was Web 2.0.

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  • Sustainable Innovation

    I stand corrected about the concept of a “Social Footprint” thanks to a message from Mark McElroy the Executive Director of The Center for Sustainable Innovation, I’ve learned that a team of esteemed sustainability researchers, and management consulting veterans, introduced the Social Footprint methodology and Proof of Concept to the world, just one year ago this coming March.

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  • Universal Energy

    Today I was running a few laps at my club and thinking about what ideas I’d like to write about. Then my eyes started looking at the trees, plants, and flowers that surround the track, I realized that I was the only one there in the middle of a Monday afternoon the track was all mine. Remebering about a South Jersey company that removes trees, i started to focus on that direction.

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  • Smarter not Harder

    Occasionally I read a Blog about making money with websites called Problogger.net by Darren Rowse, it’s packed with good advice and cool ideas. Last week a guest blogger named Tony Hung posted an article called “Understanding the Rules of Great Content” in which he shares some wisdom about how to keep the content flowing.

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