Category Archives: Technology

My letter to the US Patent Office

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Paul

(I wrote this letter this morning, after seeing from Matt Cutts and Daniel Tunkelang that the Patent Office was soliciting guidance on patents following the Bilski decision. I wrote it quickly and it’s less polished than I would have liked, … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Comments Off

“Polled” on Net Neutrality

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Paul

I just participated in a phone poll from some outfit (Western Wats) calling with caller ID saying 801-823-2023. Occasionally, I’ll do these things out of curiosity about what they’re asking, but this one really offended me by how blatantly the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Politics, Technology, Web | Comments Off

Newspapers just don’t get the web, part 7542

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Paul

I spent a little time playing The New York Times’s Times Reader 2.0 this evening and it’s pretty nice. It gives what appears to be a full copy of the day’s Times in an easy to browse format. Cut and … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Web | Comments Off

The things we carried (personal electronics edition)

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Paul

For a recent family vacation, we had with us two iPhones two iPod nanos a speaker/docking station for the iPods a MacBook a Kindle a Panasonic LX3 a Flip Mino and a Nintendo DSi At one point on the outbound … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Technology | Comments Off

Traded in my BlackBerry for an iPhone

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Paul

I’m going to be a little long-winded here, but with the anticipated announcement of a new iPhone later this morning and having recently read John Gruber’s post about why hardcore BlackBerry users would be unlikely to switch to iPhones soon … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Comments Off

Roku Netflix Player

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Paul

I’ve been a very happy Netflix subscriber for almost a decade. The wide selection of movies and lack of pressure about returning at any particular time works really well for me. We all know that Netflix’s rent-by-mail model will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Technology | Comments Off

Amara’s Law and Martin’s Corollary

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Paul

Roy Amara was apparently the person who said “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” It’s a great observation, but my friend Charles Martin gave me … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Comments Off