The Future of the Workplace: No Office, Headquarters in Cyberspace
Increasingly true it would seem: Imagine a work world with no commute, no corporate headquarters and perhaps not even an office in the physical world at all. For Bob Flavin, a computer scientist at IBM; Janet Hoffman, an executive at a management…
Home Studio Diagram
For those asking, here is a diagram showing how my home studio is set up (Download the PDF to zoom - homestudio.pdf) Overview: iMac 24" - Runs all web apps for audio input (Skype, iTunes, GarageBand, etc.) and encodes ShoutCast stream via NiceCast…
Once You Go Mac
I've finally eliminate the last remaining Windows machines in my office. As of this week, my audio PCs (three of them) have been replaced with a single iMac that is handling the encoding of my ShoutCast stream will all audio looped through my…
Grand Central Screws Up
Doesn't this defeat the purpose of a unified number? When you sign up it is to have one number for life that you can put on business cards, etc. Now they are killing mine... We are sorry to inform you that your GrandCentral number (703) 552-xxxx…
I am my Avatar...
Interesting article in the NYT about an academic that proposes that we are living in a computer simulation. Interestingly, I wrote a paper looking at that same concept in 1993 (email me if you want a copy). I took it one step further and argued…
Why the iPhone Fails as an International Business Phone
I am currently on travel in Amman, Jordan. Prior to my departure, I contacted AT&T to see if they had an international data roaming plan for the iPhone similar to the one I have had for Blackberry devices for several years. With my Blackberry…
Researcher's Analysis of al Qaeda Images Reveals Surprises
The first time I've missed BlackHat in years and they cover something terrorism related.... Neal Krawetz, a researcher and computer security consultant, gave an interesting presentation today at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas about…
Second Life Terrorism....again.
This terror campaign, which has been waged during the past six months, has left a trail of dead and injured, and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars' damage. The terrorists belong to a militant group bent on overthrowing the government. But they…
A Must Read Essay by Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly's book Out of Control was very influential in my early research. His new essay takes things to an entirely new and somewhat uncomfortable intellectual level. Selected excerpts below... THE TECHNIUM AND THE 7TH KINGDOM OF…