Thoughts on AI, architecture, and building systems that work in the real world.

A global ecosystem and economy, and spoken languages

We live on a global ecosystem, and I have been thinking that I should spend time learning new spoken languages. According to a great summary by the Saint Ignatius HS titled The World’s Most Widely Spoken Languages, the top languages are in order:…

RIAA vs. an IP address?

RIAA’s expert witness, Carlos Linares, says: “users of P2P networks can be identified by their IP addresses because each computer or network device (such as a router) that connects to a P2P network must have a unique IP address within the Internet to…

Physics, Technology for good or ill

“Physics is to the rest of science what machine tools are to engineering. A corollary is that science places power in our hands which can be used for good or ill. Technology has been abused in this way throughout the ages from gunpowder…

On Self-Modifying Code and the Space Shuttle OS

I was doing some reading about Metaprogramming and Self-modifying code at Wikipedia, a fascinating topic with many uses from optimization, patching, and genetic programming. And it reminded me of my days during the early 1990s working as a software engineer on the Space…

DeviceAnywhere Rocks

Update: Feb 8, 2008: See Justifying DeviceAnywhere – On cost structure, application types and applicability. – – – – – – – – – – – – Update: 8/18/07: Let me update this entry, as I have received or read a couple of…

Austin Wireless Seed Stage Forum

If your company is looking for seed money, keep an eye for the first annual Wireless Seed Stage Forum, October 17th in Austin, Texas. Coinciding with the Texas Wireless Summit (October 18-19), the Wireless Seed Stage Forum is designed to match promising seed…

Mobile Monday Austin August 27, 2007 – Mobile Gaming

Mark your calendars! Please note the venue is TBD and an email will follow shortly… Mobile Monday Austin August 27, 2007 – Mobile Gaming Mobile Monday Austin, in partnership with the Austin Wireless Alliance presents Mobile Gaming – developing, publishing, metrics and trends…

2007 TEXAS WIRELESS SUMMIT

ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT to register early and receive the $100 discount for the Texas Wireless Summit held on October 18th and 19th. Early bird registration ends September 1st. Use discount code TWS07100 to receive $100 dollars off your registration. CONFIRMED KEYNOTES Greg…

eZee milestone: eZee @ ATI

We have moved into our new Austin Lab offices at the University of Texas Austin Technology Incubator located at the MCC building. …and have hired our first group of developers. The MCC building Welcome eZee inc. ceo

Some impressive IT numbers (Google)

Says Martin Reynolds, VP at Gartner: “Google is building out IT infrastructure at a rate that is simply unbelievable. Last year Google spent $2 billion on IT infrastructure and plans to spend $3 billion this year… compared with about $600 million by rivals…