Monthly Archives March 2006

Parking for the Internet Generation

An interesting idea to address parking in urban centers. The basic idea is to reserve space on the street or in a garage. Using cellphone location, it would charge you for the exact amount of time you are there. It would certainly be useful for trip planning. I think this is [...]

Unrest and Lessons Learned

I had a pretty good career at Microsoft. I learned a ton, worked with sharp people, had my code shipped to more people than I ever will again. But as I hit the 10 year mark, Microsoft was less and less what it used to be to me. I had a lot [...]

Fast == Good

My wife gave me the coolest present this year. She bought me a BMW M School package at BMW South Carolina. I’m really excited to go. I’ve driven an M3 before and my daily driver is a BMW 328. The school is about high performance driving. I’ve never done a [...]

Blog 2.0

The time has come to revise my blog. Welcome to the new version. What will be different? I’ll still be focused on technology but I hope to move that off into another space over time (more to come). In the meantime, this version will be a little more personal and probably [...]

Vista: What Are They Thinking?

From the “what are they thinking” file, Microsoft announced the Vista versions. What a complete and total mess. Seven configurations? Actually, 9 if you count two more non-US releases. I can’t believe how out of touch Microsoft appears to be. They think this is a good thing? And some [...]

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