USA falling behind in Broadband Speed
The WSJ has an interesting article today that shows the USA falling further and further behind the rest of the world in broadband speeds.
The U.S. has fallen behind in speed, too. In the same study, conducted by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, the U.S. ranked 15th in the average advertised [...]
vSpring v|100 class of 2008 Member
While this is old news at this point, I thought I’d reference the list of vSpring v100 members for 2008 as it’s now available on the vSpring Capital site. I’m looking forward to catching up with members and friends at the v|100 luncheon May 28, 2008.
I just counted and realized I’ve interviewed about 20 percent [...]
Guest on Technometria
I joined Phil Windley and Scott Lemon on the Technometria podcast. You can listen to or download the podcast here.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has always been the place where companies announced and demonstrated the newest gadgets and electronic devices. Phil and Scott are joined by three attendees, Brad Baldwin, Scott Barlow, and Randall Bennett, [...]
Another Parallels moment
Been pounding on the upcoming Blackboard Backpack 2.5 release, but I’m doing it on my Mac. I love Parallels. Pop open that VM and I’ve got a fresh clean environment for testing my Windows XP software client! I’ve really got the best of all worlds.
Greatest Hits of Beattie Construction
I was at our Beattie Family Reunion recently. I had a great time seeing my Uncles and Aunts. It was also fun to talk to the cousins that are my Mom’s age that I was able to meet and associate with.
After the reunion, I came home and dug up an audio track that I recorded [...]
Back to Backpack…
I’m back at work. Working on releasing the update to Blackboard Backpack. The new product is Backpack 2.5. This version is so much better that the previous version. We’ve simplified the UI, enhanced peformance as much as 100x, added Blackboard course download wizards, included a Flash overview, enhanced with attractive HTML pages, improved searching, and [...]
Dan Cane picks up SIIA CODiE Award
Dan Cane has always said that he’s “the biggest fan of Backpack.” It only seemed fitting that Dan would be the one that attended and picked up the 2006 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award. Blackboard Backpack won the category for Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity.
As I’ve written before, Agilix has partnered [...]
Big brother’s watching Microsoft ’til 2009…prepared to make it 2012
Associated press is reporting tonight that Microsoft has come under pressure again from the Justice Department for lapses under a landmark antitrust settlement. The Justice Department said Friday it wants to extend by two years its oversight of some of the company’s business practices until at least November 2009.
This quote that the Justice Deptment referenced [...]
Quoted in Blackboard’s Blog
Melissa Chotiner, Public Relations Manager, at Blackboard has posted an article on Tablet PCs to the Blackboard Educate Innovate Blog (www.educateinnovate.com). I offered a few comments on Tablets. Tracy Hooten, one of three students who created the site StudentTabletPC (www.studenttabletpc.com), was also quoted.
Top 10 lies of engineers from Guy Kawasaki
The blogosphere is buzzing today with hundreds of reactions to Guy Kawasaki’s post on the top lies of engineers. It’s funny that there is such a gulf between the business and engineering side of software development — and this gulf tends to get larger after each unsuccessful product release.
I respect developers and their patience. I’ve [...]