Fractals of Change: Freedom to Communicate Conference So, where is Jeff Pulver? If anyone has been pushing the rights of the user and the industry it’s Pulver. He should be on this distinguished list of experts. Kudos for Time Warner and Business 2.0 for allowing Om Malik to participate. Normally magazine publishers hold tight reins on … Read more
Aswath Weblog: Bellster fwdOUT Revisited as usual Aswath weighs in on the Bellster, um, FWD:out issue with some keen insight…I’m glad Aswath will be on the Bloggers Panel in San Jose at VON. I wonder if I’ll have to hire some of Jerry Springer’s security folks to keep the sides from turning a friendly chat into … Read more
James Enck sell side analyst supremo when it comes to all things Telco in the EU and UK with his EuroTelcoblog gets pissy and rightfully so. I think I blogged this on Friday about Google. So while my knickers are as much in an uproar about this I have to agree with James that the old media … Read more
The New York Times > Technology > Free Speech, or Secrets From Apple? This is why I’m a card carrying member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Online Media Association. But, given I co-host two radio broadcasts now, and write a weekly wine column it’s a little harder to say “he’s not a … Read more
I think this new blog called Real-Time will be worthy of keeping an eye out. The author writes for BCR (Business Communications Review) one of the best authorities in Enterprise IP Voice related topics and he’s also with The Burton Group. Those two factors gives him instant credibility in my book.
Of late I’ve had the blogging blahs…there is so much out there, but given the holiday season, it’s a bit slower for me and I’m a tad distracted. I’ve also had a back up system failure. The reliable Mirra box seemed to develop a bug, my system last week was hit by a Virus that … Read more
One thing I missed with the Skype Kazaa announcement was the Weblog angle. Tied in with VoIP it’s a very powerful motivation. Add in the Skype conferencing capability and you have a very interesting threat to traditional conferencing because of the file sharing aspect. This is dead on threat to the space Microsoft is hoping … Read more
I ordered the U2 Black and Red iPod the first few days it was offered. I was told it would ship on or around the 18th of November. Around that time Apple sent me an email saying that due to demand the item would not ship until early December. I say B.S. The retailers are … Read more
Very few of you know my history, and while it is not a well kept secret, at one point in my life, actually over half of it until 1988 was spent in the world of professional sports. That’s right. I was a jock and a sports marketing executive. In junior high I played varsity soccer … Read more
I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to be of support via your comments. The Gateway LCD monitor situation got resolved on Monday, via the intervention of a Gateway VP of Client services and their Director of Call Centers. Seems about everything that could go wrong, did go wrong in … Read more
