I bought it. It came. It sat in my inbox for awhile. I carried it back and forth to California twice, meaning to read it on the flight (it somehow seemed appropriate). I’m about to dive into a project that requires deep knowledge of SEO, keyword purchase, PI, etc. etc., and it’s now time to […]
In the news this week San Francisco will build out a high speed city wide wi-fi network, whether donated for free by google, or built by someone else. You’ll have bits anywhere, maybe 1 mb symmetric.
Skype is embedding its (and Global IP Sound’s) technology in hardware devices. If you have […]
While in Washington last week, colleague Julie Hedlund told me about the British paramedic who suggests that we all put an ICE entry in our mobile phonebooks, ICE standing for In Case of Emergency. The idea is that in many crisis or emergency situations where a person is unconscious, the first responders […]
After a couple months of part-time tinkering, I have finally switched the foundation of my personal communication strategy over to VoIP, SIP, and Asterisk; away from relying on mobile carriers. With this new system, I am retiring my old Verizon 978-505-1789 number: send me an email if I overlooked you in my […]
A colleague alerted me to Walter Mossberg’s column in today’s WSJ [warning, subscription may be required], in which he tars the wireless carriers with hampering innovation and preventing rollout of technology. I love his quote where he compares cellphone carriers to “Soviet Ministries” that believe that they can decide better than the market what goods […]
I’m not the only one who came back cynical from CTIA, I’ve been tripping over other articles and blogs pointing out the fundamental problems with MNOs trying to control their user experience.
In particular, Mike Masnick at Techdirt writes a piece here about the Motorola iTune phone being pulled at the last moment. He speculates […]