Looking for something fun to do

Let’s say you’re walking into the town square with some time to kill and no particular plans. You might ask “Who’s in the area?” Your cloud queries your connections to find people you know who are also in the square. Bob’s cloud announces he’s in the square at...

Thoughtful Stuff

Welcome to my blog on “thoughtful stuff”. I know it’s silly title, but I wanted to set the tone for the blog series on personal clouds and the possibilities they hold. The problems solved in this series aren’t in themselves earth shattering; they cover everyday...

Hackers are making a living off of your data

The Internet was built to exchange data between a few known academic networks. The protocols upon which it is built assumed trusted parties on both ends. Security is an add-on that has been built over time in reaction to flaws and weaknesses discovered in protocols...

Expanding on Banking on Blockchain

TechVision Research recently held a webinar on the state of blockchain titled “Banking on Blockchain”. One of the attendees asked a couple of intriguing questions prior to the session that I answered in an email reply. I thought the answers would benefit others...

Free services aren’t free

The free services everyone loves to enjoy cost money to produce. Like it or not, web advertising pays for those services; and the more effective those ads are in bringing in business, the more they are worth. That’s why the web-advertising model depends on...