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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Shifts 
| | Had a great evening eating takeout Chinese and watching the election returns on Dave's beautiful new HD screen in his beautiful new house. |
| | It was satisfying to see a nationwide jury return such a clear verdict in the case of Reality vs. George W. Bush. |
| | After the last election, Bush spoke about his "mandate". He didn't have one. This "compassionate conservative" turned out to be neither. His administration will be remembered as one of the worst ever. |
| | If the Repubs are paying attention, they¹ll learn from California to shut up about the gays, the Christians, the guns, and the unborn babies, and worry more about stuff like the environment, infrastructure, low taxes, and health care. |
Key notes
| | I'd say more but don't have the time. Still, would love to hear ya'll's answers to some of the questions raised in the session description: |
| | The telco/cableco duopoly continues to see the Net as gravy on their basic services (and are more motivated to get into each other's business than do anything new with the Internet). Meanwhile, communities, competitors and customers are creating their own bypass while treating the Net as a "fifth utility" alongside water, waste treatment, roads and electric services. To make matters even more interesting, giants like Google and Microsoft are building massive computing clouds to support a shift toward on-demand services. |
| | How is this all going to play out? Will the incumbents succeed in efforts to thwart muni networks? Does access even make sense as a utility? Are there benefits to incumbency other than creating scarcities everywhere incumbents have a choke-hold? Who has the advantage or stands to thrive and survive in a this new utility-based infrastructure model? Where will ISPs, Hosts and WISPs fit in all this? Can you line up behind, alongside or in front of the citizens and elected officials or are you on a collision course? Once the service is deployed, what will it be like, who will use it and how? |
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