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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
| Stating the obvious |
"Internet Protocol is the most popular method of sending data from one computer to another."
I might have expected an explanation like that in a USA Today article in 1997, but on News.com?
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| Role reversal |
Washington, DC is a land of one-eyed men, where the blind man is king.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2004
| Like, umm an information superhighway? |
"That's what broadband
technology is. It means we'll open the highways of knowledge -- new
highways of knowledge."
-- President George W. Bush, March 26, 2004
You'd think he would at least give Al Gore credit for the metaphor.
Bush's call in the speech for universal broadband by 2007 has gotten press attention, but not the second half of his sentence:
"We ought to have a universal,
affordable access for broadband technology by the year 2007, and then
we ought to make sure as soon as possible thereafter, consumers have
got plenty of choices when it comes to purchasing the broadband
carrier."
The good news is that Bush acknowledges that only with competition will
broadband be affordable and a platform for innovation. The bad
news is that he's for monopoly broadband by a date-certain three years
from now, and competitive broadband "as soon as possible." Why do
I suspect his administration will do more to achieve the first goal
than the second one?
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| Get well soon, Stuart |
Stuart Buck, author of a great paper
on spectrum commons, is in the hospital after suffering a stroke last
weekend. Stuart is 29 and was in apparently great health, so this
is quite a shock. The note on his blog from his wife is
encouraging. I wish Stuart a quick and full recovery.
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| I'm still here |
Just going through another one of those busy periods.
I'll have some interesting news about my future to report soon.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2004
| Chicago Tribune on open spectrum |
The Chicago Tribune has an article about
the FCC's various proposals to open up more wireless capacity, with
several quotes from me. The different aspects of open spectrum
get a bit muddled, such as the distinction between current initiatives
like the FCC's broadcast underlay proceeding and long-term proposals
like my supercommons idea. Still, it's good to see the big idea of open spectrum getting play in a mainstream newspaper.
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Monday, March 22, 2004
| Treo all better! |
As suddenly as it appeared, my Treo problems have suddenly
stopped. I brought it into my office this morning, and when I
took it out to call the replacement service, it was working fine.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that whatever happened has corrected itself
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| Treo woes |
My beloved Treo 600 is suddenly on the fritz. It makes and
receives calls, but whenever I turn it off and on, it locks in the
keyguard mode. Shutting off keyguard didn't help, nor did soft
and hard resets. This is something serious. Time to call
the equipment replacement program, which fortunately I signed up for.
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Friday, March 19, 2004
| CNet Acquires EDventure |
My old boss, Esther Dyson, just announced
that she is selling her company to CNet. Reportedly, she and her
business partner Daphne Kis will stay involved. Even for someone
as prominent as Esther, it's tough to make it as an independent
publisher. I hope the merger works out well for everyone.
If nothing else, it will be a good topic for conversation at PC Forum,
which starts on Sunday.
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Thursday, March 18, 2004
| Gathering of the Treos |
The Treo 600 was definitely the "in" device at this year's SXSW conference in Austin. I've had mine for five months, and I still love it.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2004
| Internet Commons Congress |
I'm speaking next week at the Internet Commons Congress
at the University of Maryland. The name is a bit over the top,
and I was hoping the organizers would be able to get more of the
thinkers defining the "commons" vision (like Yochai Benkler, Larry
Lessig, and Elinor Ostrom). Still it's an excellent group of
actvitists involved in the various battles to preserve an open and
vibrant digital commons.
The topics couldn't be more important. And registration is free.
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