FeedBlitz
I greatly appreciate the readership and feedback from those who visit patrickWeb. Readers "visit" in one of three ways. Most use one of the many blog readers that are available. The Opera browser is a good choice — it has a very nice built-in RSS (blog) reading feature. When you click on the orange XML […]
“That’s not going to change”
While driving to Reading, Pennsylvania, earlier this week to visit Maestro Sidney Rothstein for a conducting lesson (more on Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture later), I tuned in to Bloomberg radio. The reporter was interviewing John Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange (NYX), which had just started its first day as a public company. The […]
Doral Happenings
What brought me to the Doral Golf Resort in Miami is a conference where I will be discussing my thoughts about the future of the Internet with management and clients of CSG Systems, Inc. CSG is a leading provider of outsourced billing, customer care and print and mail solutions for the cable, broadband, and satellite […]
Miami Marks
I had hoped to locate a Miami benchmark (AC4021) today but finally had to give up. The mark had been placed in 1971. The documented history shows it to be near a tennis court and basketball court, both of which have been gone for years. Like many of the nation’s benchmarks, it seems this one […]
Rooftop WiFi
The doubters about WiFi’s ultimate potential often talk about the lack of ubiquitous WAPs (wireless access points) to justify their skepticism. One of the reasons for my optimism to the contrary is "mesh" networking technology. The idea is that people or organizations put WAPs on their roofs. At least one of the WAPs has a […]