Browsing the Web in the Nineties

Quora is a site that strives to “answer any question you might have”.  A Quora member recently asked “What was it like to browse the Web in the nineties?” Great question.  Brian Hayashi, CEO of ConnectMe 360, decided to provide the answer.  He did a very nice job of it, and with his permission, I am […]

A Universally Connected World… everything and everybody (2012)

The MIT Technology Review this week had a nice story about how GE is promoting the idea of an “industrial Internet”. This is a really good idea. A number of us at IBM have been talking about “millions of businesses, billions of people, and trillions of things” connected to the Internet for quite a few […]

OS/2 Celebrates 25 Years

Harry McCracken’s story (see 25 Years of IBM’s OS/2: The Strange Days and Surprising Afterlife of a Legendary Operating System) about OS/2 brought back a lot of memories. Seeing my picture in PC World magazine made me feel old — who is that young man? Bill Gates and I were both wearing purple shirts, but that […]

The Future of the Internet

There is an article called “The Future of The Internet” (by John Patrick) published in the April-May-June 2012 edition of Sun and Surf (a magazine created exclusively for property owners in Hammock Dunes – published quarterly) which may be read here.

Speech at SIIA

The Future of the Internet – Disruptors of the Next Generation It was a privilege to be a speaker at the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) conference in New York on January 25. The subject of the speech was The Future of the Internet but I included an emphasis on impact to healthcare and […]