Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 02/17/10

    Succession planning is not something of discussion at tech conferences. With the rapid evolution of technology, it is rare for a company to last a generation, much less generations like some of my telco friends and their companies.  As such, succession planning is serious business in the telephone industry, where lack of a good succession…

  • Over the Top at NTCA

    Over the top video was the theme of a panel at NTCA’s Annual Meeting in Tampa Bay. Robin Wilson of Nagravision provided an excellent overview of what over the top is and how people around the world are providing it as a stand-alone service or as a blended service with off-air or direct satellite feeds.…

  • WiMAX Handsets for CLEAR vs Mobile Skype over VZW 3G network

    From robust and reliable backhaul, to applications tools for developers, to femtocells,  Clearwire speakers covered a lot of ground at the Feb 10th IEEE ComSocSCV meeting in Santa Clara, CA.  For backgrounder and slides: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc/ComSoc_2010_Presentations.php photo credit: conskeptical Whither WiMAX Handsets? For sometime, I've wondered if mobile WiMAX could succeed without any handsets (especially smart phones).  I…

  • Viodi View – 02/03/10

    In a world where telecommunications is a major driver of innovation, is it possible that the applications that make the most difference are the seemingly mundane ones that make us more efficient and help us utilize existing resources? Certainly, a recurring theme of the conferences I have attended over the past couple of weeks is…

  • Waiting for the Bus – a Green App

    Actually, I am no longer waiting for the bus, as the Google maps application for android allows me to quickly find the shortest and most efficient public transport route. In days gone by, I would have have rented a car or taken a taxi when traveling. The Google mapplication takes the guess work out of…

  • People Die, Profiles Don’t

    How many accounts, or how much information do you have on-line with banking, e-commerce, email, social networks, and such? What happens to these on-line accounts after death? Does your executor have access to these digital assests, does your family, does a friend? Who controls this information after death? You may be surprised just how confusing…