Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 2:06PM When Camilo put out the call for ideas to enhance his presentation to the CIO about blogs in corporate environments, he got some excellent responses, including pointers to a series of essays from Dave Pollard, a paper from Martin Roell, and insights from Anil Dash. All are worth some quality time if you are analyzing or advocating the role of weblogs within your company.
Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 8:11AM Appropriately enough, JDR writes Acronym Soup [via Mike O'Sullivan]:
If you deal with the SEC, NASD, NYSE, CFTC, NFA, CBOT, CME, BOTCC, OCC, CHX, PCX, AMEX, PHLX, EUREX or CBOE (or any combination thereof), you're in the right place.
There's a wealth of securities law information to be had at AS, not to mention help with the SEC's FAQ concerning the nonapplication of certain AIRs to auditors of non-issuer BDs and IAs. Light too is shed on many another TRICKY concept, IYKWIMAITYD.
Friday, August 15, 2003 at 5:22PM We recently submitted an amicus curiae brief (911 KB PDF) on behalf of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. in the Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. case pending in the Sixth Circuit. The appeal is from a preliminary injunction determination described further here, and analyzed in one of the articles available from Kelly Talcott's blog. Some of the issues involved also are the subject of an InfoWorld article of yesterday's date ("Ink cartridges getting smarter").
Friday, August 15, 2003 at 1:08PM The Summer X-Games are in full swing down the street at the Staples Center. Here's the schedule; pics; more great pics from Arlene (born the year I graduated high school—so, she's getting up there!); Real Skate's Gurlz On Boards; and About.com's Skateboarding blog (w/ RSS).
Friday, August 15, 2003 at 10:00AM Any O.C. bloggers planning to cover President Bush's fundraising appearance in Irvine this afternoon (1:00 p.m., Hyatt Regency) or the related protest? If so, I'd love to hear about it.
[Update] AP: "[Bush] told donors he's 'loosening up' in preparation for next year's run. But he insisted politics remains a secondary consideration — behind 'the people's business.'
Organizers [of the fundraiser] expect to net a (m) million dollars for Bush's war chest — on top of the 40 (m) million already there."
