My Outlook
Warning: this story is not for the faint of heart. It is about an experience over the weekend that made me want to scream. If you don’t have any problems using Outlook, no need to read further. The queue of things I want to write about for the weblog is a long one. With a […]
PC Innovation
I have been following the writings and speeches of Professor David Gelernter of Yale University for several years. He is a really smart guy and has great perspective on the future of information technology. Most recently I read with great interest Dr. Gelernter’s contribution to the Wall Street Journal and the letters to the editor […]
Zippity Doo Dah
The title of this short snippet, zippity doo dah, has nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz, but it does have something to do with wizardry. The magic comes from a company called Zip-linq and specifiicly, the product is a retractable cable that simplifies plugging things in at home or on the road. (See […]
Cable and Wireless
There is an international telecommunications company, with customers in 80 countries, called Cable & Wireless. For 130 years it has constantly reinvented itself to embrace the latest technological advances to serve its customers’ needs and today is a leading provider of IP (Internet Protocol) voice and data services to business and residential customers. Speaking of […]
My Office Is Open
In a recent post I mentioned that I had built a spreadsheet with OpenOffice. OpenOffice.org is an open-source application and it is free. I do not use it because it is free. As I said in the ZDNet interview, the issue is not "free" — the issue is "freedom". OpenOffice is a multi-platform office productivity […]
