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Yet another huge storm
It’s pouring buckets again today, with strong winds last night blowing some nasty winds.  Fortunately, I’m extremely well-prepared, so it’s just another storm for me.  That said, I’m looking forward to what’s next: This is a good time to remind Read More...
Posted 05 May 09 07:18 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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eComm Notes part 4
Continuing my Virtual eComm attendance , here are some notes on other presentations; Dean Bubley ( Disruptive Analysis ):  Starts out with a great quote “Don’t assume” because consensus viewpoints are often flawed.  (I would say consensus is Read More...
Posted 09 March 09 04:55 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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eComm Notes (Telio)
My boss, XDH kept mentioning Scandinavia in his Twitter feed from Ecomm, so one of my first stops in my Virtual eComm attendance was the presentation by Alan Duric , CTO at the Norwegian telecom company, Telio ASA. Telemetry and real time communications Read More...
Posted 05 March 09 09:26 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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eComm 09 virtually
Last year’s eComm was a wonderful way to see the latest cool stuff going on in the field of new communications technology and (more importantly) meet the people who are behind it all.  The conference site, unfortunately, had poor internet coverage Read More...
Posted 03 March 09 03:50 by sprague | 5 Comments   
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It’s a necessity
Look at the list of things Americans now list as necessities (according to a new poll by Pew Research ) Car 91% Clothes Washer 90% Clothes Dryer 83% Air Conditioning 70% Microwave 68% TV 64% Home Computer 51% Cell phone 49% Dishwasher 35% Cable TV 33% Read More...
Posted 30 January 09 12:32 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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VOIPs not dead, it's just no longer cool
I've been following the conversation in the blogosphere (and in last night’s Calliflower podcast ) among the VOIP pundits, arguing whether VOIP is dead or alive. I'm sort of an outsider to all this, since I've only been following VOIP for the past year Read More...
Posted 06 January 09 10:19 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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It’s Twitter’s Turn
Every great new social phenomenon has a "fad" phase , where zillions of people join in because, well, because zillions of others are joining. A few years ago I suddenly reunited with my old friends at Apple Japan because suddenly it seemed like Read More...
Posted 06 January 09 06:51 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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Journalism and talent agencies
Traditional media is being killed by the plummeting costs of content creation and distribution, thanks to wonderful new technologies like cheap HD camcorders, easy-to-make podcasts, and Twitter . The resulting lower barriers to entry make it possible Read More...
Posted 05 January 09 06:43 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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No CES for me this year
Michael Wolf is right on, at GigaOM, when he questions the long-term importance of CES .  I got a lot out of attending in person last year , but I bet I’ll get even more out of it this year by not attending. There is value in having a shared experience, Read More...
Posted 04 January 09 11:58 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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Technology of Sleepless in Seattle
I've lived here now for almost five years, and traveled here and considered living here for more than twenty years, but I finally saw this movie for the first time last night. I found myself getting emotional -- no, not over the sappy chick flick parts Read More...
Posted 09 December 08 01:01 by sprague | 2 Comments   
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Getting to Version 3
We all know extremely good and cool technology products that never seem to catch on, while there are other products you look at and just say “how on earth did that ever become popular”? So what’s the difference? Lots of people are commenting on what I Read More...
Posted 23 October 08 07:44 by sprague | 8 Comments   
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The Future Bill Gates
Lots of news this week about Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft , but most people don't realize how un-Bill and un-Microsoft it is to spend time reflecting on the past, so the goodbye meeting I went to on Friday morning was a little out-of-character. ( Read More...
Posted 28 June 08 07:35 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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I want Hi-fi phone calls
Once you've spoken with your young son or daughter on a wide-band telephony connection, you'll never want to go back to your old POTS (Plain Old Telephony Service) phone line again. Children have such high pitched voices that the upper frequencies get Read More...
Posted 05 June 08 03:07 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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Tinkering and plunging
I admit that I'm often more of a tinkerer than a plunger when it comes to new technologies like Facebook, Twitter, blogging, and [insert your favorite web2.0 example]. I'm a tinkerer because I sign up for just about anything new that comes along, especially Read More...
Posted 04 June 08 06:17 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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