Best Job in Tech?

By Jake • Published on May 28th, 2009 • View Comments

So, Rich and Anthony are at Google I/O today, and I’m hearing everyone was blown away by Google Wave.
Rich tweeted, IM’ed and finally called me to say how awesome it was. I’m now waiting to watch the hour-and-a-half demo that rocked so hard.
I’m hoping Rich’s session went well. He was bummed that they conflicted with [...]

Let’s Take a Legal Break

By Jake • Published on November 23rd, 2008 • View Comments

Something has been bothering me for years about our (American) legal system.
Pause for snarky comments.
As a longtime reader of Slashdot, I’ve followed the legal aspects of technical lawsuits passively for years, especially  court decisions that affect overall precedent, e.g. RIAA and MPIAA decisions as they pertain to P2P, cyber-bullying, spamming, anti-trust in tech, etc.
I find [...]

My Interwebs is Wireless

By Jake • Published on February 8th, 2008 • View Comments

I’m fascinated by the ongoing soap opera about the mysteriously severed undersea telecomm cables. If you haven’t been following, here’s a good recap. Maybe we’ve been preoccupied with Super Tuesday, but I haven’t seen too much mainstream coverage. Or maybe it’s another reminder that the Interwebs isn’t as important as we think it is.
Nah, must [...]