To paraphrase Douglas Adams, “The internet is big. Really, really big. I mean it’s just mind-bogglingly big. ” It’s amazing that we can find anything at all. It’s especially nice when smart people help us to find things. Over the…
A few weeks ago I finished reading “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” by MIT Professor and outspoken network neutrality advocate Tim Wu. Professor Wu starts with a historical examination of various industries that he considers to be “information industries.” This starts with the telegraph, telephone, movies, radio and television before moving onward to consider the internet.
In each case he traces the evolution of the business, key innovations, notable rivalries, competitive pressures, corporate alliances and government involvement. Each little tale is entertaining and informative on its own, revealing something of the great men and companies of an earlier era.
Yes, sir. That little beauty to the right was the current state-of-the-art in 1937. That's when what we call "toll quality" calling was supposedly set down as a standard. In fact, I find it hard to believe that the entire…
This blog and it’s related projects are just a hobby for me. It chronicles some of the things that I do in the context of my home office. That makes it work related, but only tangentially. One of the great…
The blogging great Om Malik has a rumor about Deutsche Telecom considering buying Sprint/Nextel to combine with it's US T-Mobile operation. Om and his readers point out some very valid technical concerns about merging the two companies. Combined they support…