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Will We Ever Stop Zooming?

Written: February 12, 1997 Edited: October 7, 2021 During the period of 1995-2001, it was my honor to give more than 50 keynote speeches about “The Future of the Internet” at conferences in countries around the world.  The communications people at IBM gave me a plaque with a big brass key on it. The beautiful […]

Cut the Cable

Cable, TV, Hollywood, media distributors, publishers, and related parties are having continuous discussions about the future of streaming video. I call them the Protectorate. Their goal is to protect their turf, not to give consumers what they want. If we could analyze the conversations, I am quite sure most things discussed are about how to […]

Continuity of Thought

The most irritating form of privacy intrusion is the increasing trend in video advertising. As print advertising declines, the Internet is awash in advertising. Publishers must receive income to cover the cost of quality journalism and creative productions. The question is how the income is derived. Some people love their brands and are happy to hear from them, but […]

DACS on Tuesday

Tuesday evening will be my 24th annual presentation at the Danbury Area Computer Society. It is always a pleasure to be with this fine group. The title of my talk is “Net Attitude: What It is, How to Get It, and Why It is More Important than Ever”. Andy Woodruff wrote a preview of the talk which […]

Back to School – The Beginning of My Doctoral Journey

The grandkids have their backpacks loaded up. I hate to see them bent over hauling many pounds of books and look forward to the day when they have just a Kindle and some wholesome snacks in their backpacks with room to spare. The four grown children are thankfully gainfully employed but two of them are […]