Category: The Korner

  • Congratulations Palin…….Michael, That Is

    Some twenty years ago, there was a movie that assembled players from the Monty Python TV series along with American actors Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis. A Fish Called Wanda was an entertaining comedy featuring an assortment of odd characters. One of those characters, an animal-loving, people-hating, stutterer named Ken, was played by Michael…

  • What Is Good for Google is Good for Us!

    $  Donate to the Village School by entering the amount above and clicking the "Donate" button. It was once said, “What is good for General Motors is good for America.” Fast-forward fifty years and the engine of the economy is no longer nuts and bolts manufacturing, but the dissemination of information and entertainment at little…

  • Slightly Off the Beaten Path

    I remember clear as yesterday a conversation I had with an unassuming World War II veteran sometime in the late 1990s. We were at an Atlanta steakhouse during one of the many Supercomms (e.g. the predecessor to NXTcomm) in that fair city. He explained to me how he was part of a commissioning crew on a submarine…

  • Continuing to Bridge the Heartland and Hollywood

    Continuing to Bridge the Heartland and Hollywood

    After 7+ years of going it alone, I have taken the full plunge back into the Silicon Valley start-up culture by joining a company that is in stealth mode.  Over time, I will be able to reveal more details. It is in the broadband television space, but its model is so unique that it really…

  • On the Road – Some Dream, Some Do

    For a number of years, I have had a not-so-secret dream of organizing a ViodiTV across America tour. In this dream, Roger and I would travel with our families visiting independent telcos and filming and documenting stories from the heartland. Sponsors would support our efforts through things like banners on the sides of our respective recreational vehicles. …