OR Why your internet speed sucks and isn’t likely to get better. Among the most powerful groups opposing net neutrality regulations are the companies that bring you the internet. AT&T Cox, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and nearly 20 other companies sent a letter to the FCC where they gave the argument that they wouldn’t invest in upgrades to their networks – they wouldn’t innovate – if regulations forced them to […]
Why is it so Difficult to Communicate?
Most of us think of ourselves as good communicators. If there is a problem, it’s the person on the other end of the conversation, not us. However, most of the time we don’t even think about the difficulties in communication. We just presume everything we say (write, email, tweet, …) is understood just the way we intended. And, usually, we think that we’ve perfectly understood what we’ve been told or […]
Windows 8 is coming. Will Apple take a bite out of Microsoft?
Windows 8 will be released at the end of this month (October 2012) and that is causing me fits. Why? We need new computers and buying hardware can’t be separated from getting a new operating system or from the choice of software that will run on it. We’re pressed to decide soon, because lighting candles may be all that keeps our current infrastructure running. Realistically, the shelf life of business computers […]
SOPA and PIPA explained so even a senator could understand it.
Update! The good guys won. SOPA and PIPA are DEAD. Are you worried that on-line free speech rights may be decided by rich, middle-aged (mostly) white guys who have the level of tech savvy demonstrated by the late Ted Stevens (famously, “The Internet is a series of pipes”). Of course, the other worry is that they do “get it” but are beholden to lobbyists who want these regulations enacted (we can be sure […]