A good week
I’m in the middle of packing up before I check out of the hotel and head up 101 to the airport. I thought I’d blog… Read More »A good week
September 2005
Visiting SeeBeyond
I’m visiting SeeBeyond in Monrovia, CA* today. SeeBeyond builds enterprise application integration solutions for a wide range of customers using some really cool middleware technology… Read More »Visiting SeeBeyond
Jaron Lanier on the structural gotcha for American business
Scanning the HuffPo RSS feeds, I spotted this insightful piece by Jaron Lanier: “I am writing this on a United Airlines flight over the Atlantic.… Read More »Jaron Lanier on the structural gotcha for American business
Three new travel experiences
I flew out from Boston to San Francisco yesterday evening for a week of meetings. Travel has become pretty routine of late, so I’m glad… Read More »Three new travel experiences
CD of the… oh, never mind: Tales from Turnpike House by Saint Etienne
Back in the early 1990s I was a huge fan of Saint Etienne. Their first two albums Foxbase Alpha and So Tough showed up regularly… Read More »CD of the… oh, never mind: Tales from Turnpike House by Saint Etienne
As cool as one can be… in the circumstances
I always like to think that when I meet someone famous, I can bottle up my enthusiasm, and act cool, calm, collected, and adult. But… Read More »As cool as one can be… in the circumstances
Web to text to speech to CD to my mother
My mother is blind. This is a source of great frustration to her, because despite her age and her disability, her mind is as sharp… Read More »Web to text to speech to CD to my mother
No names, no pack-drill
[Company policy, and contractual obligations, mean that I have to conceal a few details. Never mind – the message will be clear.] I’ve always thought… Read More »No names, no pack-drill
A profound sense of loss
Herewith the nostalgic observations of my colleague Robin Wilton on listening to Bill Clinton on the BBC: “This morning I heard a snippet of an… Read More »A profound sense of loss
Status update
Sitting in a crowded 757 on the taxiway at DEN, with a screaming baby behind me, and a 90 minute ground stop before we can… Read More »Status update