http://www.wetmachine.com The Blog of author John Sundman and Friends en-us Nucleus CMS v3.50 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.wetmachine.comnucleus/wetmachine_icon.jpg http://www.wetmachine.com http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1934 Well, Democrats, what say you? http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1934 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:53:52 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1925 As reported by Christopher Mitchel from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Qwest has scored quite the little victory in its efforts to keep itself the world safe from real competition socialism. A state Senator and a state Rep introduced a bil... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1925 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:28 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1923 Last week, I predicted the FCC would opt to auction the AWs-2/AWS-3 spectrum rather than adopt the M2Z proposal. Yesterday, the FCC issued it's teaser for recommendations to improve broadband adoption. One of these was “[c]onsider use of spe... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1923 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:44 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1871 Time for another little instructional video, aka “5 Minutes With Harold Feld.” Here, I talk about the US Trade Representative's “Special 301” Process. This is where the US Trade Representative (USTR) makes a “naughty ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1871 Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:58:23 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1920 For nearly ten years, my book Acts of the Apostles has been available for free download from this site, and lately, from lots of other sites. I figure that it's been downloaded at least ten thousand times, and perhaps a lot more. There's really no... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1920 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:59:46 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1917 Our weekly engineering meeting has a conference table and a huge projection screen. On this Monday, the Vancouver Olympics had just closed, and our three Canadian engineers were celebrating their climactic hockey victory. Being virtual, it was rid... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1917 Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:06:47 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1906 I've been rather pressed for time, hence have not had much chance to blog on the FCC's recent spectrum policy announcements for D-Block and the broadcast migration offer. Combine these two speeches with Genachowski's recent statement in an intervi... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1906 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:22:47 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1905 The funny, kind, decent and fiercely democratic (note the lower-case “d”) blogger Jon Swift has died, much too young. See Tom Watson's appreciation here. Swift, whose “real world” name was Al Weisel, was a friend to Wetmach... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1905 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:08:18 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1890 Under a banner that says “make a difference in the world”, there's a wonderful piece at active rain about using collaborative virtual worlds for Web 3.0 activity in the real estate industry. I think we made a difference. http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1890 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1889 Real situation rooms devote an awful lot to physical requirements. Here's a virtual situation room from Forterra's Olive platform, where there is lot more emphasis on dealing with the situation. Of course, a real operations center needs... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1889 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500