Long Distance – No. 9: feedback from readers
There are many people who know much more than I do about telecommunications and I am really pleased that a few of them at IBM offered some feedback on my latest story about "long distance". First, thanks to Mike Nelson, formerly Director of Technology Policy at the Office of Plans and Policy at the FCC, […]
Long Distance – No. 9
The Verizon phone bill for last month’s service at the lakehouse was $16.11. It seems like a reasonable amount until you look at the detailed breakdown. The Touchtone Line was $5.68. And then there were the "other" charges. Federal line cost charge – $6.05. Local Number Portability Surcharge – $.21. Federal Universal Service Fund Surcharge […]
The Rolodex
It was a rainy day and so I decided to work on something I have been putting off for a long time — cleaning up my contact list. We all have contact lists. Some of us keep them in a Palm Pilot or other personal digital assistant. Others keep them in a small spiral notepad. […]
From Argentina
From ArgentinaAugust 26, 2004 Around the time of ibm.com’s tenth anniversary, I spoke with a number of reporters from Latin America. Leo González Pérez was very interested in some of the musical things I have done, hence the picture of me with a baton. I am an amateur to put it mildly. The concert was […]
Virtualization A La Shyam
Recently I wrote a short story about "virtualization". Feedback was that it made a really complicated subject a bit simpler to understand. One reader, Shyam Verma, a software specialist from South Carolina, offered a reflection about the subject that I thought it was relevant and well expressed. He put virtualization in a very broad context […]
