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| Saturday, October 12, 2002 |
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And we're off 
| | The talk went very well, I'm told. I sensed last night that maybe portable electronics enthusiasts held an important card in this digital ID subject. Would they be the ones to invent the device that mothers the necessity we talked about in Denver? Some of them seemed to think so. |
| | Now I've got to leave the hotel room and its broadband, to catch a couple planes home. See ya tomorrow. |
Last minutae
| | I'm working on my talk at Microsoft this morning (at Mobius Redmond 2002), so there's not much time to blog. Had a great time hanging out last night with folks from the conference, which is a small, intimate and highly convivial affair. Nice to meet the people behind The Gadgeteer, PDABuzz, Brighthand, PalmInfocenter, PhoneScoop, infoSync, Writing On Your Palm, Pocket PC Thoughts, PDAntic, Gizmodo, TheFeature, Pocket PC Magic and other sites I missed writing down. |
| | Microsoft treated us to dinner in the company's fully outfitted dream home. Amazing place. I steeped myself in mobile gadget conversations, feeling outclassed and low tech with my ancient candy-colored Handspring Visor. Had fun watching folks play XBox games and getting some hang time with a Multimedia PC. The most interesting and inventive item, however, was the Tablet PC, which is more than a very nice machine (the first I've seen with a screen that in some ways improves on paper). I saw it as potentially a very useful blogging tool. With the right software hacks, it would be kick-ass for outlining, which I think would make better use of the pencil/paper metaphor than it already does (quite well) with keyboards and mice. |
More bad Internet radio news
| | Much of the serendipity of Internet Radio now derives from tuning the dial at random - much as you can with short wave terrestial radio - and hearing wonderful and unexpected things. The passage of HR.5469 would, at a stroke, reduce the spectrum from thousands to a few dozen commercial players. |
| | Every new technology medium seems to enjoy a delicious moment, between being born as a vehicle for human creativity controlled by no one, into a Pigopolistic advertising channel, controlled by very few. If you care about Internet radio, and you're American, assail your Senators today. If you don't, that moment will have already have passed. |
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