Calling Joi
My friend and colleague Joichi Ito and I had been chatting sporadically over a several week period via instant messaging. One day we decided we should talk via voice and I gave him a call that evening around 9 PM. The monthly invoice from SNET/SBC just arrived. The call to Joi was 27 minutes and […]
Photo Gallery Update
Thanks to all for the feedback on the photo gallery. The albums and pictures are now all moved to the new server and all the links are updated. Thanks also to those who helped out with tips on how to do some of this and to the team at Gallery for doing such a great […]
Photo Gallery
I offer my apology for the photo gallery problems on my website over the past week. I am in the process of changing my hosting partner and the transition has been a bit more difficult than I expected. In retrospect I should have done more planning and testing. I am getting things under control now. […]
The Future History of Linux
It goes without saying that something really big is happening with Linux. It strikes me there are some parallels to what is happening. One is what happened with PC in the early 1980’s and the other is what happened with tcp/ip during the middle 1990’s. Don Estridge at IBM made a very important decision during […]
Convergence
Convergence as a technology concept has been around for decades. Many have predicted the convergence of electronics and entertainment, of PC’s and TV’s, and more recently of WiFi and cellular. All of these areas are in fact undergoing various degrees of convergence but there is another area that many are not as familiar with. It […]