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Knovel

When I entered engineering school almost forty years ago (is that possible?), I used a slide rule and engineering reference manuals. I think of that as the first of three generations of using engineering and scientific data. The second generation was web-based data with PC’s for standalone and separate analysis. Knovel Corporation (pronouced nah-vil) has […]

Yonkers

Today was a day in New York, and with 6-12 inches in the forecast, I thought travel would be difficult. The train to Grand Central Station was right on time. A short walk to Madison Avenue and I was at Space Holdings – parent of space.com. Lou Dobbs launched space.com in 1999 and I was […]

PC Forum

I am just now back in the country and will get to Scottsdale for PC Forum later this afternoon. PC Forum is an important conference — great way to stay in touch with many friends in the industry and stay abreast of the latest thinking by many industry leaders. I’ll have more to say about […]

Smart Mobs

Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold is a really good book — just added it to my books list. Howard did a wonderful job of painting a vision for the future based on what is happening with WiFi and other disruptive technologies. He interviewed many visionaries and practitioners and then incorporated their thoughts into the book […]

My Phones

I appreciate the feedback that my last story helped clarify GSM and SIM for some readers. The main question I am getting is about what phone I use personally. For most of 2001 and 2002 I used the Kyocera Smartphone with service provided by Verizon. The Smartphone is an excellent phone but the screen is […]