One of the things that interests me in 2014 is whether or not T-Mobile is going to be sold. I work at a company that, among other things, runs a virtual network on top of TMUS’s network-so I’m definitely interested in what might happen. I keep thinking though, who else might want to buy T-Mobile’s… Continue reading SIM As A Service
Category: Technology
Things Are Getting Faster
One of the common themes of life today is that it’s getting faster. It’s not that time has actually sped up, rather the rate of change in society has sped up. This is really happening; it’s not just crotchety old men pining for the days of martini lunches. One way to measure this trend is… Continue reading Things Are Getting Faster
We Live In The Future
When I was a kid, there was this elusive thing called The Future. It was this beacon visible just over the horizon where things would be different. Technology would bring knowledge and power to the masses. Poverty would disappear. We’d have lots of leisure time. Or maybe the world would collapse into a dystopian nightmare… Continue reading We Live In The Future
Everything Old Is New Again: Vol. 47
I was reading an old (1966!) New Yorker interview with Buckminster Fuller when I came across this gem: …”But, of course, the university itself won’t be anything like what it is now. We’ll get rid of all the teachers who are just holding on to their jobs in order to eat—all the deadwood, which is… Continue reading Everything Old Is New Again: Vol. 47
On Driving An Electric Car
I had a new experience: I drove an all-electric car. I come from a yuppified, Prius-driving household, but I’d never actually driven a purely electric car-and I thought I’d share a couple on notes. The first thing I noticed was that I couldn’t initially tell that the car was on. Normally when I’m in a… Continue reading On Driving An Electric Car