Archive for May, 2003

Email problems fixed

Wednesday, May 28th, 2003

I was out of town the past five days, and somewhere along the line my email gateway got out of whack. Things seem to be working now. If you sent me a message recently and it bounced, please re-send it.

I wanted to just call it 'Yesterday'

Thursday, May 22nd, 2003

Anticipating a post-Web, post-PC world is my latest column to appear on CNet News.com.

Camera phone stats from Business 2.0 column

Wednesday, May 21st, 2003

"Since January, T-Mobile users have sent more than 1 million photos to one another. Sprint PCS (PCS) president Len Lauer recently said that camera phone owners send an average of 15 pictures a month."

Worm tracking

Tuesday, May 20th, 2003

I've received more than 35 copies of the "support\@microsoft.com" email worm the past two days. They go straight into my spam filter so I don't notice, but that's a pretty substantial total. Remember when these worms were big news?

I guess that means they liked it?

Tuesday, May 20th, 2003

The Kevin Werbach Experience. AKA, what I did during my 26-hour trip to Amsterdam. Or at least the part I'm willing to talk about. (via David Galbraith)

Time is Running Out…

Monday, May 19th, 2003

The deadline to save $300 on registration for "Supernova" is this Friday. Don't miss the opportunity to join Joi Ito, Clay Shirky, David Isenberg, Kevin Lynch, Cory Doctorow, and an amazing list of fellow speakers and attendees in the Washington DC area on July 8-9!

Power laws in action

Sunday, May 18th, 2003

New York Times: "Google now conducts 55 percent of all searches on the World Wide Web." (via "Scripting News")

Call to Action on Copyright Reform

Saturday, May 17th, 2003

Lessig forgets himself and gets all optimistic on us, and look what happens. Seriously, Larry is fighting a good fight. Requiring copyright holders to pay $1 for renewal after 50 years, as the legislation he proposes would do, is a very reasonable compromise that would help reinvigorate the ...

Thinkpad X31 notes #2

Friday, May 16th, 2003

Finally had time to unpack my new IBM Thinkpad X31 laptop and transfer files onto it. I'm now on the return leg of my first long plane trip with it, and overall, I'm relatively happy. First, the good news. The Intel Pentium M works as promised, deliving excellent performance ...

Scott Rafer: "Particularly in Europe,

Wednesday, May 14th, 2003

Scott Rafer: "Particularly in Europe, the trend towards municipal [WiFi] sponsorship is accelerating and must be watched closely."