Someone on the de-centralization list said "Standards shouldn't be built by amateurs". Well frankly the professionals have made a complete and utter hash of it. For a variety of vested interests, the standards we're trying to work with are either broken or have grown so vast that they might as well be. Or there are an infinite number of standards to choose from, so they're not really standards are they.
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Well here's an article that suggests that "Ancien-regime PR agencies have legitimate uses for Weblogs". There's a whole set of useful suggestions for ways in which companies and PR Agencies can use a comparatively unstructured tool to improve communications.
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The last few years have seen a series of attempts to build B2B systems that are fundamentally centralized. The belief was that B2B could be handled most effectively by imitating eBay and building a single central marketplace site that brought buying and selling organizations together in one place. This became known as the "Fat Butterfly" model; wings of buyers and sellers linked by a fat market in the middle. At the same time, the principal vendors were also producing e-procurement systems aimed at the internal needs of large corporations. At the core of both of these types of systems is an aggregated catalogue of products, suppliers and prices. While this has been happening, the suppliers have been putting their stall out on the web with storefront systems, that also hold a catalogue of product information.
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I've bought another Ariel 3 from Ebay in very good condition, but in Florida so far. Now, I need some advice and am thinking of Julian Bond. Since he is from England, perhaps he can advise us as to properly eccentric attire to wear while riding such a 'unique' looking 50cc machine with pedals. I keep picturing a crushed felt bowler hat which is the same color as the bike and perhaps a similarly matched suit with very wide lapels. Sort of like the actors in " A Clockwork Orange " . However, we Americans are not as dress - savvy as the English and so I'd prefer to defer to Julian or some other Englishman to be certain that I am tastefully attired for this social situation.
Being somewhat unsure of how to answer I referred this to my aesthetic advisor, Cecil de Cashmere, who provided the following advice. Make of it what you will.
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