Last week one of the readers to this blog and a listener of the podcast sent me e-mail about a new surcharge that Verizon is charging it's DSL-Only subscribers, I covered it in the podcast but not on the blog, well it seems the story has made it onto the radar screen of other blogs and news wires. Last year
This is a very funny Net Neutrality piece that was on the Daily Show. I am sure you will get a kick out of this, not a 100% work safe if your audio is up on high. [jeremyemberling.com]
What does a Motorcycle, a video camera, a video posting service have in common. A very fast way to get arrested if you record yourself driving 100 Miles Per Hour and then place that video on the video posting service. Isn't technology terrific! You want to make a impact in your community setup a anonymous website film speeding cars in
Ever wonder why we are falling so far behind in broadband penetration and connectivity speed as compared to many other countries today? It's because there is no competition. For example I have only 1 choice of broadband carrier here in Hawaii where I live. The speed of that connection has not improved in eight years! In fact my connectivity at
Zooomr made a smart move today and has given all Bloggers a free Pro account. Zoomr is a photo sharing site and has some very slick features. [blog.zooomr.com] On a side note I hope the team at Zoomr make sure that they have there site designed in a way that bloggers can get there data out if they need to.
If you don't know who Tim Berners-Lee then I encourage you to click on the link, and read his Wikipedia entry so I will say he is justified in making the following statement. "When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that
A spokesperson for CMP and O'Reilly made a comment on the Web 2.0 takedown notice and instead of calming the storm dumped about 5000 gallons of gasoline on top of it. I have not seen a comment chain this long in months. [radar.oreilly.com]