Doral Happenings
What brought me to the Doral Golf Resort in Miami is a conference where I will be discussing my thoughts about the future of the Internet with management and clients of CSG Systems, Inc. CSG is a leading provider of outsourced billing, customer care and print and mail solutions for the cable, broadband, and satellite […]
Miami Marks
I had hoped to locate a Miami benchmark (AC4021) today but finally had to give up. The mark had been placed in 1971. The documented history shows it to be near a tennis court and basketball court, both of which have been gone for years. Like many of the nation’s benchmarks, it seems this one […]
Rooftop WiFi
The doubters about WiFi’s ultimate potential often talk about the lack of ubiquitous WAPs (wireless access points) to justify their skepticism. One of the reasons for my optimism to the contrary is "mesh" networking technology. The idea is that people or organizations put WAPs on their roofs. At least one of the WAPs has a […]
Open and Closed
The central theme at the IBM Open Source IT Analyst Conference in Stamford, Connecticut this week revolved around the word "open". The term is used with "open source" and also with "open standards" and there is often confusion about the meaning of the two terms. A standard is like a blueprint. An open standard is […]
Phone Service
Chris Herot, from Lexington, Massachusetts, wrote in response to the prior post about the telephone services offered at the Stamford Marriott. He agrees there is a "declining number of people will pay those outrageous charges by raising the price for the few suckers who remain". He provided an example where upon checking out of a hotel […]
