Some people say the free and open Internet is under attack, in reality what is at stake is much greater.  At the risk of sounding alarmist, what really is at stake is Free Speech.  The Internet is the Town Square of the 21st century and the rules the FCC is currently considering will kill free…

There are many industries and markets where monopolies and oligopolies are the norm; and collusion and corruption are business as usual.  These tend to be aged industries where over time the marketplace of competitors has dwindled through buyouts and other mechanisms to eliminate competition.  Old, stale industries resort to all sorts of shady behavior ranginging…

Every now and then I like to to take a shot in the dark and not only make some wild ass future predictions but also the circumstances that will lead to those results.  Because why they hell not?  I’ve never been afraid in being dead wrong when it comes to predicting the impact technology.  In…

You’re smart.  So is everyone else.  Mostly.  The problem with smart people is they like to talk to other smart people in really smart ways.  That has always bugged me.  Perhaps that is why I find this New York Times article from Nicholas Kristof so interesting.  In the article he calls outs the academic profession…

The freewheeling nature, anonymity and openness of the Internet is what has made it successful and a beacon for innovation.  It is democracy in “tangible” form.  It is the single greatest equalizer ever invented, not in the Robin Hood sense of taking from the rich and giving to the poor; but rather by giving everyone…

If you haven’t seen the Lego Movie and are a wimp about spoilers, go see the movie first. Thank me later. The Lego Movie is one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen.  No really, I actually choked up a bit in the end.  But I handled it well and spared my daughter the embarrassment…

General Omar Bradley was called the “Soldier’s General”.  He also, perhaps unwittingly, professed two great truths when it comes to leading technology teams. “We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” “I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of…