I just finished reading Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies. I hope to say more about this book in a future blog post.
The book got me thinking about identity and reputation. These two concepts form the basis for commerce. Because identity is so important, I decided that I ought to solidify my own online identity. I'll start by choosing a public email address: doug /dot/ sauder /at/ IEEE /dot/ org. While this email address is virtually unpublished at the moment, it will eventually be overrun with spam. That's okay. I plan to use a spam filter to toss all spam into the trash. I do not plan to scan any messages marked as spam: I can't afford the time to do so. Still, I believe anyone who wants to reach me via that email address will be able to. Getting past the spam filter is easy: don't include any images, don't send HTML text, mention words that likely to be interesting to me, etc. Another tip: make the subject line relevant.
Posted by Doug Sauder at December 11, 2004 10:21 AM