As I try to decide if I should write a book, I have been reading or rereading various books about the computer industry. I just finished Jerry Kaplan’s Startup, written in 1995. Jerry founded GO Corporation in 1987 to develop pen-based computers, and I still think the book has value today for those starting technology-based … Continue reading
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Seeds of Discontinuity
A small part of the Apple iOS 12 announcement got me thinking: Live Listen. I love spotting little pieces of new technology that can profoundly affect the evolution of human culture: I call them Seeds of Discontinuity. For example, I vividly remember seeing a flip phone in 1999 that had an embedded camera. … Continue reading
Tribalism and me
It has been more than six months since I have posted. One of you actually wrote to me asking me to continue to write. I began this blog in 2006. For several years before, I was struggling to write a book on the history of broadband. I discovered that at least for me, writing a … Continue reading
The Tax Bill: Policy, Payoff, and Politics
I want to share my perspective on various aspects of the bill. This blog post is not a comprehensive analysis, but I do hope it adds a bit of insight. Policies Tax is not just a way to collect the funds for the government. It can also be a way to shape policy. For … Continue reading
Jerusalem: It’s complicated
The status of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel has gotten a lot of attention recently because President Trump declared that Jerusalem was Israel’s capital while not saying anything about its status as the Capital of a future Palestinian State. The purpose of this blog post is to lay out some of the facts that … Continue reading
Staying alive
I was very sick as a child. It is surprising that I survived. I suffered from serious chronic asthma. Asthma runs in my family. My father had it as well when he was a child. I think mine was brought on by allergies, but also by emotional stress. My father and mother fought all the … Continue reading
The Saudi Century? Part I
A Clash of Generations There is a lot going on in my neighborhood. The 32 year old Crown Price of Saudi Arabia is really shaking things up in the region. He just confined 13 of his rich and powerful cousins (many billionaires) in the Ritz Carlton. He closed down the airport where they keep their … Continue reading
