Demo 2003 : The Westin Kierland – Scottsdale, Arizona

Demo is one of a few conferences I attend regularly — this year was the eleventh year for me. The program this year was very interesting as usual including 61 companies showing off their technologies and solutions. Forty nine companies were on stage and another 19 got a “hot seat” where they received sixty seconds […]

The Home Office

The Hartford Courant ran a story this morning called, The Home Office, by Rebecca Reisner. I was pleased to be able to spend an hour on the phone with her to offer my thoughts. Since I have been spending most of my waking hours in my home office for some years I have a lot […]

My Phones

I appreciate the feedback that my last story helped clarify GSM and SIM for some readers. The main question I am getting is about what phone I use personally. For most of 2001 and 2002 I used the Kyocera Smartphone with service provided by Verizon. The Smartphone is an excellent phone but the screen is […]

The Global Phone

A fellow director at a recent board meeting asked me what phone I would recommend he buy that could be used anywhere in the world. My answer was that there isn’t one today but soon the answer will be a WiFi phone. More on that shortly. The closest thing available today would be a phone […]

Tangled Up in Spam

The New York Times published a comprehensive story about Spam by James Gleick. It is a really good read. February 9, 2003 – Magazine section. See patrickWeb public policy archive for related stories.