Monthly Archives: January 2010

It's the Network, Stupid

Posted on January 29, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

It’s official in my book.  At least for the near future, network performance is the limiting reagent for computing: “Carrier networks aren’t set to handle five million tablets sucking down 5 gigabytes of data each month,” Philip Cusick, an analyst … Continue reading →

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Pad to the Future

Posted on January 28, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

In case you need a break from brainstorming justifications for buying an iPad, let’s look forward.  My engineering colleague passes along a future interface. 10/GUI from C. Miller on Vimeo. Admittedly very cool. Still, seems like a lot of trouble and … Continue reading →

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Non-Stop Computing

Posted on January 20, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

This New York Times article is rather shocking: The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new … Continue reading →

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Designing Software for the Workflow

Posted on January 11, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

There’s an interesting article on Customer Relations Management (CRM) software in this month’s California Lawyer.  It does a nice job describing what these applications do,  as well as some of their limitations.  And I was both surprised and pleased to … Continue reading →

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