Officer Dobbs - Hello I'm Officer Dobbs.

"For me, it's the respect and power that the position commands. I don't know whether to be busting bad guys or signing autographs. It's kinda like being a star." - Me, The Chase

Let's get one thing straight. I am not a police officer. I'm not impersonating a police officer. I also do not play a police officer on TV or in motion pictures. I am, however, impersonating a person who played a police officer in a movie. That is legal. Look it up.

In reality, Officer Dobbs is my nome de plume, which is the Chinese word for pseudonym, which is, in turn, the French-Polynesian word for false identity. Using a false identity has been a preferred tactic for Ninjas, Secret Agents, and phone chat operators since at least the year 1962. While some employ this tactic to create a better identity online, I am employing it to hide my real life identity, which is cool. If you were to ascertain who I really am, you would probably flip out and want me to endorse your business, product or service in televison, radio or print advertisements. (Web sponsorship can be arranged by my business manager.) I just don't have time to do that right now.

What I do have time for is developing the future. That future is Technology and the internet.

Some of you are probably reading this page on your iPhone while riding the bullet train in Tokyo or maybe you're scrolling on your Blackberry while taking the elevator to the top of your LEED certified office building where you run an organic carbon credit hedge fund dedicated to conducting peaceful arbitrage with Costa Rican coffee growers. Get with the times bozos.

Web 2.0 has come and gone. Get ready for web 26.2.

This is the marathon version of the future. It's in for the long haul. And all it needs is a few Gu packets and paper cups filled with water and/or the sports drink of your choice to keep going... and maybe some of those sport jelly beans too... but you get the idea.

On Your Mark. Get Set. Go.

OD