Everyone has heard of the 5 stages of grief that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.   I’ve come up with the 12 stages of the late salesman:   Nonchalant Shock (is that the time?) Rush (to get in t...

Analysts are often criticized for exaggerating the potential for a new industry and entrepreneurs often jump on such reports to stoke their enthusiasm.  So when news broke yesterday that ABI Research released a report , Predictive Traffic Information: Historical, Real-time, and Predictive Speed...

InMobile.org has been having a debate about the future of Mobile Social Networking.  Here is my contribution to the discussion. 1. Who will be THE biggest winner in Mobile Social Networking? a) Today's big social networking companies (e.g. Facebook), b) Independent mobile social networking comp...

Richard Waters' article in today's Financial Times (May 22, 2008) accurately and articulately describes how mapping is becoming the chessboard on which we act out our lives.  John Hanke's goal, at Google Earth, is to make a kind of "mirror world, a replica world".  ...

Tremendous article by Efrain Viscarolasaga in todays Mass High Tech 05/23/08 - Thank you Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology - by Efrain Viscarolasaga Mass High Tech 5/29/08 Mobile location-based services typically have been designed as convenience and entertainment applications ai...

Agincourt – The King – The Campaign – The Battle - by Juliet Barker   A most inspirational and fascinating journey through time.   I received Agincourt as a gift and looked forward to reminding myself of my favorite Shakespeare Henry V quotes: On receiving tennis balls from the Dauph...