My apologies for the delayed 2007 round-up. We are already 3 months into 2008, but better late than never. 2007 has been an amazingly busy year for me, both on a personal and work front. But all ’good’ busy, which helps. So here is what all this blog saw in 2007:
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2006 round-up
Another year goes by before you know it ! Hope you folks had a great holiday season. In 2007, we will be adding another radical free thinker to this blog – hope to see his posts soon. Time for a quick look at the articles posted. So here is the Round-up: Technology Related (oldest to newest) Lampost Wi-Fi (They call it Mesh, Mun-Fi and other snazzy names) – An analysis of the attractive mesh-wifi solutions from Cisco and Tropos and my thoughts on its evolution Security and Convergence in your Palm – A Short commentary on the travails of being fully connected with smart phones. (How connected do we really need to be ?) SPAM over Internet Telephony (SPIT, SPIM) – A technical analysis of Spam over Internet Telephony and mechanisms to avoid it ‘Fast Convergence’ – Oxymoron ? The case of Gmail-Talk – A look at the new Gmail integrated chat system and an under the hood look at the overhead this convergence brings us Be a ‘Fon’-ero. Why technology is not just about technology ( Peer2Peer Wifi Sharing) – An analysis of the ‘Fon’ wifi sharing rage The next step to convergence is … Divergence: The case of
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2005 Round-up
*Auuugh* ! This is the second time I am writing this post. I had almost completed my previous post and then I erroneously closed the browser window. Boom. Now I know why Gmail’s auto-save to the draft folder is so useful. 2005 is almost done. I thought it would be nice to do a quick roundup of the various opinions we posted, incase you missed any. Thanks to all the readers who have sent emails to us – we had a lot of fun voicing our opinion and it good to hear that you had fun reading too. So here is the Round-up: Technology Related (oldest to newest) All my excitement about AJAX – we talk about how AJAX may change the way we look as web based UI as well as how it may challenge desktop business as we know today (including an argument with a good buddy of mine, who happens to work at Microsoft as a Product Manager) Who makes money when consumers demand ‘Free’ (as in beer, not freedom) – with all the voice providers desperately trying to reduce per minute costs, are customer expectations unrealistic ? How will these providers survive ? Hooplah about the
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