Archive for June 7th, 2005

You have to what?
Tuesday, June 07th, 2005 | Author: kevin

Someone left a comment on my post about the Forteleza requiring registration. So I said, why not I’ll bite. Let’s go register. But as the poster also offered, (you really have to appreciate the irony and sarcasm it inspires) you can’t register for the e-Government site on-line. LOL

From the FAQ:

¿Dónde me puedo registrar?
El proceso de registro de datos se llevará acabo en las Colecturías Participantes del Departamento de Hacienda, llamando a la división de Tecnologías de Información Gubernamentales de la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto al (787) 977-9200 o en las Oficinas Regionales de PRFAA en Estados Unidos.

¿Puedo registrarme sin visitar una colecturía? SubirSubir
NO, para proteger su privacidad todo ciudadano tiene que asistir a una colecturía o un centro comercial participante para iniciar el proceso de registro. Luego será el ciudadano el que active este proceso en línea.

Alright, so it is not so stupid. Protecting citizens against identity fraud is serious business, but is there no other way?

UPDATE: I’m still trying to determine whether the Governor’s statements at the Microsoft convention have been publicly announced. There are few news items that look related, but further research is necessary.

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Sometimes it’s just hard to resist
Tuesday, June 07th, 2005 | Author: kevin

Just a simple question for now.

I was reading an article about the Ad Agency Euro RSCG in the Caribbean Business, June 2, 2005. The agency intends to continue their on-going study Prosumer Pulse here in Puerto Rico. The Prosumer is short for “proactive consumer”. This exclusive group represents the leading 20% to 30% of all consumers in the marketplace. If you are familiar with the maven role in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, the prosumer is the same thing.

Anyway, the local branch of this ad agency will study this group here in Puerto Rico. However, according to the article, although globally they have conducted the survey over the Internet, here in Puerto Rico they will use a combination of the Internet and telephone polling. The reason for this is that there is only 20% to 25% Internet penetration of their target market.

So here is my question: “If the prosumer are the leading consumers in the Puerto Rico marketplace, what is the likelihood that they are NOT on the Internet?”

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