November 18, 2008
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Tea Fire update
Looks like the evacuation notices have been lifted. And The Map (which is very well done) now has two pages showing the status in the area, including (near as I can tell) all 211 burned structures, nearly all of them homes. My shots of the aftermath are here. Hard to believe I’m in Boston now,… Continue reading
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Because I don’t have to do SEO! Yay!
This makes me glad I don’t have advertising on this blog. Continue reading
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Collateral damage?
Ever notice how many car ads you see on the evening news? On sports broadcasts? (Between the ones for beer and “erectile dysfunction” relief — nice promotional symbiosis there.) How much of that is Detroit money? How much of that money will go away, whether or not Detroit gets bailed out? And will Asian and… Continue reading
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Why “roam” on T-Mobile in the U.S.?
This is @#$% insane. I’m at the Lufthansa lounge in Boston’s Logan Airport, where T-Mobile provides wi-fi service, just like it provides wi-fi service in countless other places around the U.S., including (near as I can tell) most airports and airport lounges. The “welcome” page looks normal. I try to login. It doesn’t work. Then… Continue reading
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Quote du jour
Yochai Benkler: Spectrum is not a resource. It is an engineering assumption. True. Continue reading
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Talking VRM in Cambridge & Amsterdam
This afternoon at 4:30 I’ll be talking (though not alone… it’s a discussion, not a lecture) at the Ethos Roundtable in Cambridge (the new one with Harvard and MIT, born in 1630-something; not the older one The topic will be The Intention Economy: What happens when free customers prove more valuable than captive ones. Are… Continue reading