WiFi – Update No. 7
I have been writing quite a bit about WiFi — as you know. It is clearly on my list of “the next big things”. Recently I spent some time talking with Matthew Miller, Special Projects Editor at EDN and CommVerge which is part of the Reed Electronics Group.The title of Matthew’s story is “Wave propagation” […]
Truck Stop WiFi
Three million truckers in America will now have wireless Internet access at 1,000 Truck Stops. In a press release earlier this week, IBM and Rocksteady Networks announced that the companies will provide the infrastructure for Columbia Advanced Wireless (CAW) to enable broadband wireless Internet access at truck stops throughout the country.The Rocksteady software will run […]
Discover the visionary behind Big Blue
I am at PC Forum sitting next to Kevin Maney from USA Today. Kevin has a new book coming out next month called “The Maverick And His Machine“. The book is a biography of Thomas Watson, Sr. and explores what was behind the making of IBM. It is being promoted as a way to “discover […]
PC Forum
I am just now back in the country and will get to Scottsdale for PC Forum later this afternoon. PC Forum is an important conference — great way to stay in touch with many friends in the industry and stay abreast of the latest thinking by many industry leaders. I’ll have more to say about […]
Smart Mobs
Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold is a really good book — just added it to my books list. Howard did a wonderful job of painting a vision for the future based on what is happening with WiFi and other disruptive technologies. He interviewed many visionaries and practitioners and then incorporated their thoughts into the book […]
