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Air Canada Magazine and Web Technology

As many of you know, I’m in Canada a lot and thereby spend a lot of time on Air Canada jets. Usually, in the course of a month sooner or later I am too tired, wired, or just not in the mood to crank out work while flying, and I pick up and thumb […]

Impact of SF wifi + Skype on mobile carriers

( Mobile and Skype and VoIP and Wireless )

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 […]

Katrina wireless mesh saga

( VoIP and Wireless )

I’ve been lucky enough to be able to spend the last few days hanging out with Sascha Meinrath, of cuwireless fame. And so, I’ve been able to personally monitor and talk with him about the bizzare efforts of FEMA and other authorities to delay, obstruct, and prohibit the grass roots efforts to […]

Off to VON, CTIA, and dog mushing!

( Mobile and Wireless )

The last few days have been busy, as I’ve been preparing for a fairly intense period of travel.   Tomorrow AM bright and early I am heading out to San Jose for Jeff Pulver’s Spring VON show.   I get back for one day the end of next week, then head directly to CTIA and […]

Wireless Broadband Meeting Postponed, and Lunch with Bob

( Personal and Wireless )

Well, the big snowstorm on Monday caused us to postpone the event on Wireless broadband, again!   It was orginally scheduled for Jan 28 and postponed because of another big storm.   We are now targetting March 28, I guess the good news is that if you wanted to attend and couldn’t, now you have […]

MIT Event: Wireless Broadband

( Wireless )

Tomorrow night I am chairing an event at the MIT Entrprise Forum.  It’s title is Wireless Broadband. You can read more here , and I’ve excerpted the summary here:
Wireless access to the home is perhaps the best hope for a broadband alternative to the duopoly of the incumbent cable and phone giants. Join us for […]