WiFi Update – No. 11

The first piece about WiFi in PatrickWeb was in November 2002. I have always felt the evolution would continue rapidly following the path taken by the Internet. I still believe that, and each day that goes by we see more of the evidence. One of the short-comings of WiFi currently is a lack of seamless […]

Penguin Power

I have to admit that I have been talking a lot about Linux lately. On February 16 the LinuxWorld Conference was held in Boston and I was fortunate to be a speaker there as I previously discussed. An interview entitled "It’s About Freedom" was published in Linux Executive Report and distributed at the conference. It […]

PC Forum 2005

Speakers Larry Augustin, CEO, Medsphere Systems Mitchell Baker, President & Chief Lizard Wrangler, Mozilla Foundation John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar, USC Annenberg School for Communcation Scott Charney, VP, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Carol Diamond, Managing Director, Health Program, Markle Foundation Charles Digate, CEO, Convoq Johannes Ernst, CEO, NetMesh Howard Gardner, Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard […]

Demo@15

Of all the many conferences I attend each year, my favorite is Demo. Many conferences offer insight in various ways. All conferences offer a chance to network with friends and colleagues from the industry. Only Demo offers the chance to meet with the top couple of people from dozens of technology companies, see their product […]

Hotel WiFi

WiFi continues to evolve rapidly. The standards are congealing, the access point hardware is becoming less expensive and more ubiquitous, and people are beginning to expect WiFi wherever they may be. More and more airports are providing WiFi, not just in the Admiral’s Club and Crown Room, but in the concourses and gate areas. (I […]