Once you have one of these things you start to feel like you have to keep adding to it... well I doubt anyone is reading it, but if they are, I'm not going to just write to fill up space.

What I don't understand is if the country is in debt, why would we think about cutting taxes? When I'm in debt, I don't consider taking a pay cut, I ask for a raise... I need more money, not less!

It just does not make sense to me....

The weeks are going fast. We leave for Japan on 2/6/03 and will be there for about 2 weeks. I will only have limited access to email while I'm there and not sure if I'll be able to update this during that time. No matter, only those that happen upon this site will wonder where I am... no I guess not even them.

No volunteers yet... I need to find a way to track hit to this page...

I have a nice thing happen this evening... I had been working on the site submissions for a client site, who are Phoenix Arizona attorneys, lawyers, and legal services. I took a break to work on a project of my own, Downtown Minneapolis River Towers Condominiums and apartments for rent and thought I'd write to one of the editors at www.About.com and take a chance by asking them to include my site. Anyway, she was very nice and agreed to. So I have a great link on a great site. You can find the link here.

So if you were wondering if it is possible to get a link in About.com without being a paid sponser, it is if you have a worthwhile site.

So ok, if you are reading this and have your own Blog, I'm looking for a few volunteers that would be interested in beta testing a process that should result in more people reading their blogs.

There is no cost and no risk to you, but you must sign a non-disclosure agreement that you will not reveal any information about the project.

If you are interested, please visit www.nielsentech.com and use the contact form to send me your information. We reserve the right to reject any site we do not feel is suited to the testing.

Thanks,
Christian

I have decided that Blogs are great! I like the free-form and completely open-ended format Bold!

Found a great resource page on blog stuff at www.TechSoup.org. I moderate there and it is one of the better community forums I've found. Gear toward non-profit organizations, anyone can participate and get a lot out of it. Recommended!

The following is a message I just sent to the staff of Direct Newsline, which is a newsletter of information about the Direct Marketing industry:

I am responding to the article about the FTC's Do-not-call-list. It is the completely wrong attempt at a solution to the problem. And not just for the callees, but also the callers.

The two flaws with the DNC list are this:

1) Consumers need to be aware of it and get access to it to be protected.
2) The list will be ignored and/or abused.

Enforcing a DNC list will be costly as lawsuits are created. Those that want to will be able to operate by covering their tracks, just like the worst of the email spammers do. Telemarketing operations will move out of the country as long distance rates drop, and still function. I can call domestic for less than 3 cents a minute now, and do so more often.

From my perspective, we need to acknowledge this is really a problem and take the following actions:

1) Tough laws need to be passed that include Tecommunications company blockage of offending accounts. They can track offenders and should do so.

2) There should be a national "Call-me" list.

Does a Call-me" list sound crazy? It's not and hers is why:

The centralized list is owned by the government, but possible contracted with a private company to provide services. It would need close monitoring to prevent abuses.

Consumers register with the CM list and provide as much or as little as they desire. The more information they provide, the more they are paid. Yes, they are paid for their involvement. We need to put the valuation where it belongs, with the rightful owner of that information.

Vendors pay for access to the list. They are assigned codes, and that code MUST accompany any contact with the consumer. Each contact with the consumer requires a small fee to be paid, with a small percentage going to the government to pay for the system.

Consumers would have the amounts paid toward their government tax account (government keeps any interest earned) and would get a refund at tax time.

The vendors gain by not contacting anyone who has not opted-in, and by having a more targeted list. The more targeted, the more they pay.

Thank you,
Christian Nielsen
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Trying to change page format

Well, this is working pretty good. I can't publish it on my site, because the IP address needs to be added to the FTP account information & I don't know that that is for Blogger.com. I thing I want to create my own program in Cold Fusion anyway...

01/08/2003

Decided to create a Blog... seems like a good idea, but I'd like to move it into Cold Fusion. Then I would have more control and no ads.

I'll try to post things about our company as well as the ongoing fight against Spammers and Telemarketers. On Telemarketers, I finally got one last night that told me they get leads from credit bureaus!!! Well, that makes sense, but why should they be paid to sell my information to others and not give me a dime, just harrassing phone calls? Stay tuned...