President Obama’s love for his Blackberry – which model is it, anyway? – has been well-documented, and has inspired coverage of its in-kind marketing impact ($50M, according to the NYT), and a weekly column in the Economist on subjects the new President must face. Unlike President Bush, who forswore email during his two terms, President […]
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The analog TV shutdown
I will admit to an exasperated sigh when I heard that President-elect Obama’s transition team had sent a letter to Congress urging it to delay the shutoff of analog TV broadcasts, now scheduled to go off the air on February 17th. The deadline was set by Congress in 2006, and the spectrum to be vacated […]
Activity-Based Computing
A couple of weeks back I had the great pleasure of accompanying researchers from KDDI Research Institute in visiting various Silicon Valley entities doing pioneering work in the field of user interface. It was great great fun and made me very appreciative of working where I work. One common theme cited during each meeting, seemingly […]
Photos from Telecom Council panel
Photos from last week’s Telecom Council panel, “Silicon Valley Goes to Washington” (aka “Connecting with US Wireless Policy”) are now available online. Many thanks to our panelists for a wonderful debate, and to Nokia for hosting. Particular thanks to Renee Crittendon and Chris Guttman-McCabe for making the trip from Washington DC. We are tentatively planning […]