I found this photo at one of the ‘funny things’ websites. And I don’t think it’s funny at all. Actually I think these people are having a better experience of the internet than you and me right now. Look at how they are pointing each other to some of the articles on the ‘internet’. Which of us [...]

The Symposium on LBS at Columbia University on July 11th was a great one-day event. Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Professor Eli Noam opened the day with 3 questions: * If LBS is so hot and up and coming, why don’t we have it on Cable and from ISP’s ? * Is the DB we have [...]

Google has just released their virtual world project Lively. Product Manager Niniane Wang says the project came out of the personal 20% time. At first look, Google seems to be competing with ExitReality, SceneCaster and Vivaty. There is certain friction in terms of a plugin download/install and it only works on Windows XP/Vista with Internet Explorer [...]

Lately Comcast and Time Warner have been considering charging users extra if they go over a set limit. Here is why I think this is a very bad move for consumers, these ISPs and the progress of the functionality on the internet: Last week, I’ve been using the internet in a location where there is a 4GB [...]

You know an entrepreneur. She(/he) is struggling, working hard to get her company going. She asks you: “So, what do you think?” What do you say? Yes, of course. You say “It’s great, very promising”. There! You just betrayed your friendship, did the worst possible thing for her, and I thought you were a good friend! Entrepreneurs [...]