June 2010 Entries

Getting a handle on the Gulf Oil Spill – What the White House can do.

I normally wouldn’t touch a subject like this, because as a rule I think we need less government, not more. However, the Gulf Oil Spill has become a national crisis with BP completely dropping the ball. Listening to BP’s CEO and marketing machine, it reminds me of speeches from George W. Bush where he would say, over and over again, “we’re working really, really hard…. this is a really hard problem”.  Clearly, BP just wasn’t prepared for this type of accident.  That is their biggest failure, they didn’t spend any of their $7 billion in net cash flow, each...

The digital home should be 100% wireless, period!

It’s 2010, I going to officially announce the time for wireless home networking is now.  So, to cable companies, stop selling cable modems that don’t combine 802.11n.  Sure, the wireless spec will continue to improve as all technology products do, so quit being scared to help your customers go wireless.  With great devices like the Apple iPAD and the new XBOX 360 slim, the home has gone wireless.  Add the Apple AirPort Express next to your home theater receiver and you can seamlessly play your iTunes music through your home entertainment equipment.  In order for your customers to...