Favorite Places
In 1995, when I first launched patrickWeb (then it was ibm.com/patrick), one of my goals was to share links to web sites I had found interesting. There was no Google back then and most people did not know about Yahoo!. Whenever I ran into an a site I thought would be of interest to my […]
Frequent Penalty Program
It seems as though I am having difficulty with every airline website. They have such a complicated business and are under such enormous financial pressures that it is hard to be too critical. They are actually making great progress — albeit a long way to go to become on demand e-businesses. What is an on-demand […]
Ludvig Van Beethoven
Ingrid Schwaegermann has developed a great web site about Ludwig Van Beethoven. It is quite comprehensive with a biography section, a picture gallery, musician’s comments and stories about Beethoven’s works. The site is available in English and German. Speaking of Beethoven, my friend and maestro Sidney Rothstein told me about an interesting technology deployment involving […]
Music
Originally written: December, 2000. Edited: October 1, 2003 I have been thinking for a long time about writing something about music. Other than my wife and family I can’t think of anything I love more than music. I like all kinds but Classical music is my favorite. If I have my choice I listen to […]
Lehigh University
Thanks to fellow Lehigh University alumus, Tom Healy, for telling me about a story in The Brown and White about my recent visit to the university. The story by Jennifer Iwinski, "Author, alumnus discusses Internet future", was very kind. Alumni involvement and support is so important. Without alumni support, tuition would be even higher! Giving […]