Friday, August 02, 2002

It's been a good week, professionally. I've been offered three different advisory board positions, two with startups and one with a tech industry giant. Plus, the many threatened consulting projects for Aug-Sept have resolved into at least two that will in fact happen. Getting paid for my time is A Good Thing. comment []3:00:31 PM

This is just too cool.  Wish I had done it: www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/08/01/highway_lan.html This is also the best reason I can think of to preserve the SUV - more room for gear. comment []2:11:37 PM

Just heard about a new WISP OEM called Cowave (www.cowave.com ), out of San Francisco. Thanks to Werbach for the tip. Looks like a pretty strong startup - their management team in particular. This space is really starting to heat up. What I'd *really* like to do is buy an ISP, outfit it with gear from Cowave or Meshnetworks, and become a player in metro WLANs. I really haven't run the economics yet, but something tells me this is going to be large, and is probably the model for a new kind of phone company. Solves two really tough problems at once: (1) last mile broadband, (2) simple way to bring VOIP to the home. I want one... comment []11:03:25 AM

One of the coolest things my mother-in-law did on her recent visit was show up with a bag of books. That's like showing up at the Ford Clinic with a baggie full of white powder. So far, I've discovered (OK, I've been led to) at least three new authors whose writing I like. Tess Gerritsen www.tessgerritsen.com/ , John Lescroart www.johnlescroart.com/ , and the writing team of Michael and Kathleen Gear (unsurprisingly, found at www.gear-gear.com/ ). All three write well, and have written at least one book I enjoyed a lot. Thanks, Helen. comment []8:00:27 AM

It's hard to believe it's now August. Where did the year go? The seasons sneak up on you in San Diego; the transition from spring to summer is so small as to be unnoticeable. Elsewhere seasonal changes are writ in large, but here it's strictly lowercase. I think I'll go back to my original plan for this weblog - have two categories, one for work, one for personal/life. Entries typically map into those two, most of the time orthogonally. I wonder how to have one (work) come up as the default main page? More HTML homework... comment []7:47:15 AM

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