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July 18, 2008

Friday, July 18, 2008 10:49 AM/EST

The Tail That Wags the Dog

Om Malik says, "even Silicon Valley can't ignore what's been going on in the overall economy." It's an important post. The consumer-spending analysis is not pretty, and it resonates far beyond the tech industry. But something that jumped out...

July 17, 2008

Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:36 PM/EST

Archie Bunker Is Not The Problem

I know a woman of a certain age who is a straight-up bigot -- Archie Bunker with an expensive haircut and a charming Southern accent. She's an avowed homophobe and freely admits that she'd never vote for Obama because...

Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:18 AM/EST

Your Online Community Stinks

While you're coming to terms with the fact that your blog stinks, you might want to consider that your social networking effort is lame, too. Thirty-five percent of the online communities studied have less than 100 members; less than...

July 16, 2008

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:43 AM/EST

When "Not PC" Doesn't Mean You Prefer Mac

HP gets into the mobile data center business. I'm not a particularly PC guy -- I'm one of the half-dozen or so people who admits to liking the New Yorker's Obama cover, and I still call mobile homes "mobile...

July 15, 2008

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:40 PM/EST

The Dog That Didn't Bark

My hometown of Greensboro, NC, is not one of the smoking craters of the mortage meltdown, nor is it immune to the problems facing the larger economy. It's so much in the mainstream, in fact, that the New York...

July 14, 2008

Monday, July 14, 2008 4:01 PM/EST

In Which I Fail to Avoid Writing About the iPhone

I was trying to make it through the day without mentioning the iPhone, but a few items jumped out at me through the swirling ticker-tape -- things that are relevant to corporate IT. As Clint Boulton says, "the variety...

Monday, July 14, 2008 11:39 AM/EST

Evolutionary Dead-ends: Le Minitel

So it's Bastille Day, and that got me thinking about the Minitel -- the French teletext system that seemed so cool back in the pre-web era. When my wife and I moved to Paris in 1989, the Minitel was...

July 11, 2008

Friday, July 11, 2008 10:54 AM/EST

National Tech Policy

As mentioned in this column, the US lacks a serious technology policy and continues to face a digital divide in terms of broadband access. Looks like we could learn something from the Aussies: Australia's government has launched an ambitious...

Friday, July 11, 2008 9:29 AM/EST

Fauxpen Source Politics?

The Republican National Committee is opening its platform-writing process to the public. "All comments and feedback will be reviewed and taken into full consideration as we prepare for our convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul," says the website, which went live...

July 10, 2008

Thursday, July 10, 2008 5:07 PM/EST

Technotopian No More

My report from the 2008 Personal Democracy Forum: "The mood, while hopeful, reflected some realities too often overlooked in the first blush of love between policy wonks and geeks."...



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