Keith Dawson
118-A Hollis Street
Groton, MA 01450
978-449-0444
118-A Hollis Street
Groton, MA 01450
978-449-0444
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Keith Dawson
118-A Hollis Street Groton, MA 01450 978-449-0444 |
| 2010 International Data Group: | ITWorld |
| 2006 – 2010 Geeknet Inc.: | Slashdot |
| 2002 The Vineyard Group: | Media Unspun |
| 1999-2001 The Industry Standard: | Media Grok | Posts | Shop Grok |
| 2001 Silicon Alley Daily: | Boston Tech Party |
| 2000 Boston.com's DigitalMASS: | Internet columns |
| International Data Group: ITWorld | |
| I have written two features for ITWorld: an exploration of the legal protections (and the holes therein) surrounding users’ most private communications on social networking services; and a look at the projects springing up with the intent of bypassing the Domain Name System, newly shown to be vulnerable to government interference. | |
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| 12-06 Gov‘t Crackdown Spurs Initiatives To Route Around DNS | |||
| 10-14 The Intimate Social Graph | |||
| Geeknet Inc.: Slashdot | |
| Over four years I authored 7,468 short-form pieces for Slashdot. These were mostly reader submissions, edited more or less heavily or entirely rewritten, as needed. I wrote probably a few hundred of them from scratch. The pieces served as a springboard for discussion among members of the Slashdot community. They are not archived here. | |
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Media Unspun was a
latter-day incarnation of the late lamented Media Grok,
written and produced independently by the same crew of freelance
writers and editors. Unspun was a journalistic experiment
exploring the question: can a feisty, opinionated, authoritative
daily wrapup of business news make its way as a paying proposition on the
post-bubble Internet?
The answer, in the economy of 2002, was a resounding No. We began publication in January 2002 as a free "teaser" and moved as planned to a subscription basis in March. The final issue appeared on December 13, 2002. Media Unspun was published by email every business day before 10:00 am Eastern time. It cost $50 per year, payable via Paypal or Amazon. The Web site is no longer available; our chief financial backer requested its dismantling in January 2003, so I host copies of my articles on this archive. |
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Media Grok was an
award-winning daily newsletter produced by The Industry Standard.
The Grok reported on the way the media were reporting on the Internet
economy. (The verb to grok comes from the novel Stranger in a
Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. It means to understand in
a global sense; to possess intimate and exhaustive knowledge.)
In August 2001, the Industry Standard sought bankruptcy protection; in September the assets of Standard Media were sold at auction. The winning bidder, IDG, has kindly kept the Standard's site alive on the Web. Not counting on their perpuetual forbearance, I have collected my work for the Standard over the last few years in this local archive. These articles are Copyright 1999-2001 by Standard Media. | |
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| Posts was a regular feature of the print edition of The Standard consisting of topical, short pieces, often of a humorous or offbeat nature. | |
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11-08 Save URLy and Often
09-05 Play That Funky Source Code, Geek Boy 08-21 The Candidates' Platforms 08-07 A Way With Words 05-01 Exploiting Elian | ||
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| Shop Grok was a weekly newsletter reporting on the way the media were reporting on Internet commerce. |
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| 09-28 Amazon Says 'Oops' to Keep the Press at Bay | ||
| Silicon Alley Daily: Boston Tech Party | |
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| Silicon Alley Daily is an online daily features site produced by Silicon Alley Reporter. Each Friday its Boston Tech Party column spotlighted a company or trend in the Boston area. | |
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| 03-09 ETC Music's MusicTeller: An ATM That Rocks | ||
| DigitalMASS: Internet Columns |
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| DigitalMASS (a production of Boston.com) was a destination and resource site for Massachusetts high-tech professionals. Early in 2000 I wrote a number of columns for the online publication. They are no longer available on the Boston.com site; I have resurrected most of them for this local archive. |
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04-12 An inalienable right to link?
04-05 Undernet serves as hearth and home for high-tech anarchists 03-29 Politics and the pursuit of spammers
02-09 Shields up!
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