More on the Remedy for the “Hireless” Recovery

August 15, 2010

There are a number of very specific reasons that this worldwide economic situation persists, primarily, as I wrote earlier, due to the very poor decisions and lack of clarity from politicians. While we do live in a worldwide economy, the United States remains that primary engine of that economy. For that reason, what happens in the [...]

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The Value of Decisiveness

August 14, 2010

Earlier this past week I was in my home office working on a new iPhone app for a client when my phone rang. On the other end of the line was a northeastern accent that I recognized right away. Last winter, this friend and I had spent the better part of a day skiing around [...]

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How My iPad Makes Reading Better

August 13, 2010

As I sat finishing breakfast at our kitchen table yesterday morning with the Colorado sun filling the back yard and the kids enjoying their last few days of “freedom” before they head back to school next week, I caught up on my news reading using my iPad. I use Feeddler, an RSS (Real Simple Syndication) reader [...]

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A Further Analysis of Network Neutrality

August 12, 2010

Earlier this week, you may have read my post on Why “Net Neutrality” is Wrong. In it, I illustrated the reasons for network management control of the network, and also mentioned how most of the politicians involved just don’t get it (and believe me, I got email about the video linked to my “idiot politicians” [...]

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iOS Update Fixes PDF Vulnerability

August 12, 2010

I wrote earlier about the PDF vulnerability in iOS that impacts every iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Yesterday, Apple made an update available to fix the vulnerability. If you own an iOS device, be sure to update it as soon as you can. If you don’t see the update as soon as you plug your [...]

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TripIt for Travel Gets Gmail

August 11, 2010

This morning, travel itinerary site TripIt launched a new integration with Gmail. Now, instead of forwarding your itinerary messages to plans@tripit.com as you have done in the past, TripIt will scan your mailbox for you and import those items into your TripIt account. To create the link, login to your TripIt account and look in [...]

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Being Careful Isn’t Enough

August 10, 2010

“Want a free iPad?” That’s an email that my Facebook friends received from me this morning. The problem is, I never sent it. In fact, I never saw it until it had been sent on my behalf. Being careful isn’t enough. I wrote here on this very blog last year about the various trojans and [...]

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Of Course It’s a “Jobless Recovery”

August 9, 2010

As I sat in my family room here in Boulder, Colorado a few days ago thinking about the utter ignorance of the people who are making laws in this country, I began writing this post. Then, this morning, I read this excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal: “Why I’m Not Hiring” by Michael P. [...]

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The Real iPhone Impact

August 9, 2010

Recently, Apple parted ways with Executive Vice President Papermaster. Antennagate was a convenient time to part ways with Papermaster. He didn’t really fit in to the Apple culture. You’ll see the Verizon iPhone in January, I think, with CDMA/LTE. What isn’t clear is whether it will be able to be an international phone, which may [...]

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Why “Net Neutrality” is Wrong

August 7, 2010

In the late 1990s, I worked with an amazing group of brilliant network engineers building the InteropNet for the Interop trade shows around the world. We were always pushing the envelope, introducing next-generation technology before it was really ready. During a number of those years, we delivered real-time video traffic over the network, often using [...]

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