UPDATE: Plaxo has been selected by the Red Herring 100!

We are pleased to report that Plaxo has been chosen as a finalist in Red Herring's "Top 100 Private Companies" (we're in the "Services" category). The magazine's editorial team performed a rigorous analysis of technology, business models, size and profitability (or potential) to create this list. The winners will be announced at the Red Herring Spring Conference in Monterey, May 18.

For more information, see http://www.redherring.com/EventsHome.aspx

Here is this month's most emailed-around article in the Plaxo World Headquarters, from Privacilla.org's Jim Harper, a noted privacy expert. Harper takes on Roger Clarke from Australia, a consultant who's produced an exhaustive, and "deeply flawed" study, according to Harper. Harper points out that benefits of products like Plaxo Contacts far outweigh any misperceived downside, and that some people just like to stir the pot. His comments also echo what we heard from a major tech business writer recounting a bad reaction to Plaxo at the PC Forum conference. He said that certain vocal members of the "tech elite" were simply out of line and "a bit clueless."

This article is a breath of fresh air. We like it when a supremely qualified person like Jim Harper speaks frankly and insightfully on the misplaced hysteria (and the sheer goodness of our product!).

Read "When Good Technologists Go Bad" at http://www.policycounsel.net/archives/000237.html

Brandon Fuller offers a counterpoint to some of the recent privacy-driven negativity in the blogosphere.

The New York Times has a great article on Plaxo today, written by Louise Story (Free Registration Required). Make sure to check out our growth chart in the right margin (it's kind of hidden). Thanks to all our users, supporters, and critics for helping us get to this point, and stay tuned because we have a lot more on the way!

Read the full story at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05plaxo.html