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Microsoft Enters Munincipal WiFi Market
Woohoo.....But wait! What about Redmond? From FierceWireless : "Microsoft announced that it will partner with MetroFi to build a free wireless Internet service for Portland, Oregon. Microsoft will provide targeted content to the service's users through Read More...
"Free" Internet for the Masses
Slides from a recent Seattle MindCamp session at which I co-presented my "Libraries Everywhere" concept with Jen Batten, of Speakeasy.net. Slide One (Title Page) Libraries Everywhere ---- Internet for the Masses Slide Two (Problem) Socio-economic disequilibrium, Read More...
Free MSN Wireless Internet Hotspot at Marymoor
If you are a Redmond soccer mom who is annoyed that your fellow soccer moms and kids are cracking their laptops during games to check their email or browse the Web, I did not do this. If you are a committed geek, like Josh or Gretchen Ledgard , whose Read More...
Social Computing Symposium 2005: Reflections
A few observations of the Microsoft Social Computing Symposium, held in Redmond, WA in April 2004. Read More...
Generating Ad Revenue in the Age of Syndication: Corante.com and Munincipal Wi-Fi at the Crossroads
The World Wide Web is a library. Internet-ready devices continue to plummet in price. Access to the Internet is expensive, worldwide. I believe that we have an awesome and compelling opportunity and civic duty to ensure that this library is--like the Read More...
Spectrum Is a Public Good
Clay Shirky , who I met at Microsoft Research's social computing symposium earlier this year, has posted an engrossing essay on the issue of spectrum allocation in the United States and ongoing discussions at the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC Read More...
My Blog Year in Review
It is often said that weblogging really took off on the day when you started blogging...or when I started blogging, as the case may be. This adage reminds me of a question that all Microsoft employees are asked on their first day of work. Q: What is the Read More...
Warchalk-Proofing Redmond
I received an invitation to an MSR -sponsored presentation about " Mesh Networking " today. The summary includes, “ Community mesh networking is disruptive to the current residential broadband Internet access paradigm, which relies on cable and Read More...

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