A bunch of folks have asked me about the recent keynote I gave at the 2009 eComm Conference in San Francisco. Below is a transcript -- definitely take a look at the conference website -- Lee Dryburgh has done a fantastic job of making information available quite widely. *** Sascha: I'm going to do a...

I got an e-mail this morning from Chris Riley over at Free Press saying simply, "You made the list. Congratulations - you deserve it" and with a link to today's lead story in Ars Technica: Ars Technica's Tech Policy "People to Watch" 2009 It's a great list of folks and I feel quite humbled to be amo...

I recently had a wide-ranging conversation/interview with Lee Dryburgh, who puts on the the yearly eComm conference (this year's will take place March 3-5 in San Francisco). It's a fun read of what I've been thinking about at the dawn of the Obama administration: Sascha Meinrath on Spectrum 2.0, Bat...

Yesterday's FCC decision to open up unused TV channels to unlicensed wireless devices has generated a frenzy of activity among tech-savvy reporters. Wired interviewed me for their article today -- which hits the nail on the head, but doesn't yet focus attention on the fundamental technological shift...

In a major win for the public interest, the Broadband Data Improvement Act passed the Senate (on September 26th) and the House (on September 29th). Due to amendments, it now goes back to the Senate for final approval (should be pro-forma) before it lands on George Bush's desk. With the United States...

I've been on the coordinating committee for the upcoming Computers, Freedom, & Privacy Conference which is taking place up in New Haven, CT later this month. The schedule is now just about finalized and it has shaped up to be an amazing group of intellectuals and experts. Here's more information...

I'm sure that the NAB will soon be releasing a flurry of PR decrying the failure of a white space device during FCC testing. Which device, you may ask? Why, the Microsoft one, of course. And which device failed miserably during the first round of FCC testing? Why, the Microsoft one, of course. But d...

In December 2007, the New America Foundation released an in-depth report and analysis of the Philadelphia Wireless project. This New America Foundation report focused on productive interventions and potential opportunities for community organizers and decision-makers, but was met with hostility by W...

Congressman Nadler's recent Op-Ed in the New York Times, "We Interrupt This Broadcast" is full of misinformation and verifiable incorrect assertions. Folks like former FCC Senior Counsel, Kenneth Carter, and Matthew Lasar over at ars technica have already taken the piece to task for readin...

Here in Los Angeles where the weather is fine and the USC marching band does a earsplitting cheer and big brass wake-up call at 6am on the day of a football game. Due to time zone changes, I was already well awake -- but it was a bit surreal all the same. Meanwhile, we're gearing up for today's Inte...