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Here I discuss general technology trends across various market segments, including Internet Service Providers. What are some of the geeky things going on around the Capital I Internet.
I have distilled down many of the categories on this site to just a handful. This should help my readers find and keep track of topics. For a while I have used categories instead of tags. Its a by-product of using WordPress for over 15 years now. You don’t know what you don’t know. On … Read more
I will be talking about some of these in more detail in later posts. These are some random photos of gear and of the ISPAmerica 2026 show in Atlanta Georgia.
AI traffic does not behave like normal internet traffic. Traditional transit models were built for north–south traffic. That means users pulling content from somewhere else. A house streams Netflix. A business checks Microsoft 365. Traffic leaves the local network, hits a transit provider, and finds its way to a remote. That model works because most flows are bursty and asymmetric. Download heavy. Upload light. Predictable
Lately, I have been struggling with cohesion with remote colleagues. There is a fine line between focused teams getting off track and also engaging in normal human conversation. This is not necessarily water-cooler talk, but basic interaction. Remote work is taking away the physical office, but it doesn’t change human nature. People still want to … Read more
Companies love email. It is cheap, fast, and easy to send at scale. That ease creates a quiet risk. When everything is “important,” nothing is. This is like the modern version of crying wolf.
An ultrasonic beacon is a short audio signal. It lives above normal hearing, often above 18 kHz. Speakers in TVs, kiosks, or stores can play it. To you, it sounds like silence. To a phone microphone, it sounds like data. The beacon often carries a simple ID. That ID links to an action, such as logging a visit or triggering an ad.
We like to think communication is simple. Someone talks. We hear the words. Message received.
Anyone who has worked on a team, managed a business, or solved problems with others knows it’s not that simple.
Little cheapie video rig with light and microphone. This one is from the Walmart brand onn. great little kit for simple videos using your camera. https://amzn.to/45Phh7b
The lightning sucks. The audio sucks. The framing of the shot sucks. But ya know what? I did it. the key is just to be consistent and do the best with what you have. Enjoy the crappiness. lol
Posted to the MTIN blog and pushed out to Apple and Google as well.
