Tuesday, January 31, 2006

AT&T chief says that people are only paying for half the Internet

This article is clearly showing how AT&T is becoming more and more a dinosaur. They just don't get it, do they? We are talking about a global network, not just some leased lines here.I say it's time for a change. There needs to be more competition in this space. Right now, in the US, at least, most people have about two broadband choices -- cable or DSL. The two are competing, but neither will really allow others access to their endpoints -- at least not in a meaningful, price-competitive way.

It's a shame that my electric bill can be more competitive than my broadband Internet access.

Read more at arstechnica.com/news.ar...

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

bynkii.com: They'll never know what hit them

I agree. The Disney board is about to get a big dose of RDF.

Read more at www.bynkii.com/archives...

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Outsourcing World

This was an interesting podcast talking about the business behind outsourcing. For all the talk about how efficient it is to outsource "information workers", when the reporter is point blank asked if outsourcing his job would be effective, he dodges around and comes to the conclusion that "no it wouldn't be effective, because reporters create things." That is paraphrasing a bit, but it was the general idea put across.

So, when we are talking about outsourcing engineering jobs, what exactly do engineers do again? Oh, yeah, they create things...

Read more at www.businessweek.com/me...

Thursday, January 12, 2006

deeje.com/musings: MacBook Pro is a marketing experiment?

This is a very insightful blog posting about Apple new MacBook Pro. Apple is using this product to test the waters. They want to know exactly how to position their new products when they are all out there.

Read more at blog.deeje.tv/musings/2...

Thursday, January 05, 2006

HD TiVo Series 3 @ CES | PVRblog

Woo hoo!  Finally!  This looks like it is everything I was hoping for.

Read more at www.pvrblog.com/pvr/200...