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Archive for November, 2008

I’ve been using Linked In over the past few days rather intensively: creating a Muniwireless / Muni WiMAX group, inviting people, posting questions and answers in the Q&A section, getting in touch with former colleagues, etc. Here are the most serious problems I’ve encountered on Linked In:

the search function does not work all the time: [...]

20 Nov, 2008

Really good voice recognition isn’t here yet

Posted by: Esme Vos In: Technology

I can’t believe we don’t have good voice recognition software yet. Those accents trip up the software, perhaps one should train the device first. I have been waiting for the day when you can just issue commands to your computer or other device (oven, car, TV, phone). Some of that exists already, I know, but [...]

I better get in the queue for the stimulus package that the US Treasury and Congress are planning to extend to banking institutions and certain types of businesses (i.e. the US auto industry). I am not a bank or a car company, but I wish I were. I would have been able to pay myself [...]

The PJ Entrepreneur is very happy today, relishing the massive victory enjoyed by Barack Obama, but wondering if some columnists have gone overboard in assessing what is truly possible in America.

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04 Nov, 2008

My Mac Book Pro is in the emergency room

Posted by: Esme Vos In: Gadgets

Last night, my Mac Book Pro became very ill. I had put it on Sleep, then disconnected the flat screen monitor attached to it, moved it to another room, opened it up but nothing appeared on the screen. I could hear the hard drive. I pressed the on/off button and heard it shut down, pressed [...]

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This is the tech blog of Esme Vos, founder of Muniwireless, the resource for WiMAX and muni wireless networks, Mapplr, the travel site for finding the best boutique hotels, restaurants and cafes worldwide and Shopplr, the coolest shopping site on earth.


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