Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of representing Alcatel-Lucent and the ng Connect Program at the Telefonica-Movistar Campus Party event in Mexico City.
The Campus Party is an annual week-long event that brings young participants together to share their experiences and perform different activities involving the internet, innovation, digital creativity, science and entertainment, and is [...]
We find ourselves again in a market driven by expectation in the future, an expectation that will be fulfilled by a need, actually need isn’t enough. I don’t just need my connection, I need my connection to live with me. In fact I would say I have an insatiable demand for broadband access, no matter [...]
Music is coming to your fingertips. Looking at your iPod, you might think it’s already there, but really it’s only a few thousand files. With sites like MySpace Music, imeem, and Last.fm, we’re approaching a place where all the world’s music is available online for free. Users are increasingly becoming comfortable with the idea that they [...]
I am in Barcelona now where I was immersed for 4 days in the online education community that makes up the IMS Global Consortium. My partner, Dana-Lee is travelling with me. She has just enrolled in two, semester long, online courses. Her backpack is weighed down by her MacBook, iPod and Blackberry phone. These are [...]
Hmm, let’s see…I have been in this business long enough to remember that cell phones did not used to work everywhere. Does anybody else remember the mid 80s when roaming was almost impossible and cost more than your monthly service? Dating myself too much?…OK then do you remember the 90s in the US when you [...]