June 12, 2004
Patent-busting contest
Boing boing tells us about EFF's coming patent-busting contest. Submit a stupid Internet patent to be examined....Continue reading "Patent-busting contest"
April 29, 2004
Rethink the shoe-industry
Adbusters starts a shoe brand. Shoes made by uninoized workers. Get a pair. In fact, get two or three....Continue reading "Rethink the shoe-industry"
March 18, 2004
CeBIT: Northport, solutions for citynets
I thought I would have a hard time finding companies working with integrated service solutions for city networks, but all I had to do was take eight steps to the right....Continue reading "CeBIT: Northport, solutions for citynets"
CeBIT fair starts in two minutes
Everything is set, we have all our gear fully functional in our stand. Now it begins....Continue reading "CeBIT fair starts in two minutes"
March 02, 2004
New times require new thinking
The opinion that regulatory action when it comes to spreading of digital content not necessarily is a good thing is spreading to the more conservative parts of the business world....Continue reading "New times require new thinking"
December 20, 2003
Why bother to innovate?
Seth Godin has written an interesting piece on Fast Company about the scarcity shortage in today's society....Continue reading "Why bother to innovate?"
November 12, 2003
Making money from app development
Sound advice if you plan on developing an application of some sort and offer it to the public....Continue reading "Making money from app development"
October 12, 2003
Point and click payments
Now we're talking. Pay using your cellphone, not by receiving or sending SMS, but by clicking a few keys and pointing it to a receiver....Continue reading "Point and click payments"
July 21, 2003
The spam crusader
It's a bird! No, a plane! It's... It's... ...bicycle repair man! No, not really. It's one man against the spam industry. I hope he succeeds....Continue reading "The spam crusader"
Real world problems of decentralized teams
CNET posted this article on the difficulties of working with people distributed all over the world. Language barriers, cultural differences, different time zones and expensive travel costs... ...amazing that people get any work done at all these days....Continue reading "Real world problems of decentralized teams"
July 19, 2003
Site defacement challenge, so?
According to attrition.org (and some of the major security companies) the site defacement challenge was a hoax. Even if it hadn't been, should anyone really have worried?...Continue reading "Site defacement challenge, so?"
July 08, 2003
RFID. Remember it. You will hear a lot about it.
This weird new acronym has been popping up all over my screen all day. Boing boing, Dan Gillmor, Tech News... First I didn't think nothing of it, I tried to follow Supernova, but when it showed up on IP...Continue reading "RFID. Remember it. You will hear a lot about it."
June 24, 2003
Time to leave: .nu island wide WiFi free for all
Polynesian Island of Niue the First Free Wireless Nation. Time to leave Sweden. Free broadband, free WiFi all over... ...do they have lots of sun and waves as well?...Continue reading "Time to leave: .nu island wide WiFi free for all"
June 04, 2003
Analysts to SCO: No thanks to code review offer - Computerworld
"Linus Torvalds likened the fight to a Jerry Springer episode" - I think that about sums up the discussion......Continue reading "Analysts to SCO: No thanks to code review offer - Computerworld"
May 30, 2003
Q&A: SCO's Chris Sontag on Linux, Unix and brewing legal fights
This is kind of getting scary. Obviously SCO are very serious about their claims, althouhg they have yet to present evidence....Continue reading "Q&A: SCO's Chris Sontag on Linux, Unix and brewing legal fights"
May 28, 2003
HBR: IT Doesn't Matter
An article about IT and how it should be seen as a commodity (gas, electricity, railroads) has stirred the IT professional community. Fortune calls the author's views stupid and dangerous....Continue reading "HBR: IT Doesn't Matter"
May 26, 2003
Laptops $450 a pop by HP
Now we are talking. Really cheap laptops, cheap WiFi, hotspots popping up in various places (go DefaultCity!)... Online tribes of kids will be forming....Continue reading "Laptops $450 a pop by HP"
Shirky: Customer-owned Networks and ZapMail
I have read this before. It is worth reading again. What happens when the necessary hard- and software for building networks and accessing services are cheap and understandable to all and everyone? Customer-owned networks....Continue reading "Shirky: Customer-owned Networks and ZapMail"
May 19, 2003
Microsoft licenses UNIX code from SCO
Scary stuff. MS licenses UNIX code from SCO who are currently in a lawsuit with IBM over IP rights concerning use of SCO code in Linux....Continue reading "Microsoft licenses UNIX code from SCO"
Joi Ito: Our Investment process
Joi Ito has written a piece on thoughts around their investment process. Interesting perspectives from someone with a more entrepreneurial background?...Continue reading "Joi Ito: Our Investment process"

