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Okay you old fogies… it’s time to Facebook.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 / Networking / 0 Comments
It seems Americans can be divided into two camps: those who Facebook and those who don’t.
I’ve spoken to lots of people who have told me that they have never bothered to sign up for Facebook because they just don’t “get it.” Or perhaps they did sign up, but rarely visit the site. Read More »
Putting the “N” Back in Network
Monday, July 23, 2007 / Networking / 0 Comments
The concept of a home network has grown substantially in the last five years. In its infancy, most home networking was just the use of a router to share a single broadband connection with multiple computers. Now users are sharing printers, networking attached storage (NAS), and streaming large media files through their homes. The services that many people expect from their home network would have challenged a top IT manager ten years back. Now all you have to do is open up one box… well, as long as the box has an apple on it.
The Wireless that Wi-Fi Promised
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 / Networking / 0 Comments
I was thrilled when Apple announced its Airport Wi-Fi hardware. Like many others, I envisioned walking down the street with my iBook constantly connected to the Internet. We all soon found out how difficult that was, at least without buying a cup of coffee. A small culture was born from people driving through neighborhoods looking for Open (Without a password) wireless access points. This scavenger hunt was not the wireless network we had envisioned. That dream connectivity came many years after Wi-Fi, and it is called EVDO.
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