gdp's Comments

Telecompetitor : Bye-Bye PSTN. It's Been Real.

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 03:32:50 +0000

Where to begin! I'm viewing this issue as the PSTN becoming the minimum broadband connection required to sustain what our society and culture defines as communications today. So, it might not be a shock for me to view this as a minimum 10Mbps full duplex connection with incentives today and co-op oriented drivers to achieve 1Gbps full duplex. I'd view this in terms of 10Gbps being increasingly common for interconnects and 100Gbps being a just around the corner for wider markets. Consider that POTS sustains audio or a certain bps dialup data connection. Next consider that when POTS was out and about the bundles at the far ends were in groupings of OC-3/12/48/192. Clearly we've been successful at the voice side of things and as a country -- not dead last in terms of broadband penetration. What is clear though is that the Internet and how it becomes as critical to business as having a hard phone line was a few years ago -- and what requires the type of high speed network that either can prioritize multimedia commensurate with consumer and business demands OR a network that is so engineered as to have capacity to handle what is needed today with an eye to the burst and growth we have seen in the short history of a wider socially connected web. I think it was Enzo Ferrari who said it best about network design... QoS is for those that cannot engineer a network for capacity. ;-)

Ryan Waggoner : No company should ever have a noreply email address

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:49:17 +0000

Yes. Yes. Yes. And..... Yes.

Telecompetitor : Network Security: More About Opportunity Than Cost?

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:28:11 +0000

I think that SaaS will simply be SaaS no matter if it is software, security, or storage... just as pork is the other white meat -- security/storage will be "the other SaaS" since software was minted first if not the most prolifically.

Telecompetitor : Google Wave or Just Wave?

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:56:22 +0000

I view Google Buzz as a grander experiment in social sharing vs. collaboration. Many tend to trot out examples like Orkut when discussion Google and social but Buzz has a stronger discovery model (who to follow) related to Google Profiles. Also, Google Buzz was turned "on" for everyone on Gmail whereas Wave was an invite only period of greater than 1 year. As Buzz primarily is link/image sharing with a post body and obfuscated slug, Buzz is a sub-1/10th feature set offering compared to Wave in that regard. With many things Google though, it's often more a function of the things Google learns than the things Google does. I'd expect to see grander experiments over time from Google. Heck, that's where the term "preview" vs. "beta" was most prominent I think.

Telecompetitor : Facebook Claims 500M Members: Should You Care?

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:31:15 +0000

That's an excellent view into the growing Facebook peer network. Thanks for the link!

TechCrunch : AwayFind Makes Sure You See The Emails That Matter

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:58:21 +0000

Hah! While that's very true for some folks -- in practice I rarely reply via my AT&T iPhone 3G. The primary benefit, again, is the variety of notifications I can customize -- regardless of what I might carry in my pocket (my Verizon phone is just a mobile phone) -- and for the specific emails that I care about for a specific period of time. That said, an AwayFind application for mobile phones is a pretty good idea!

TechCrunch : AwayFind Makes Sure You See The Emails That Matter

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:01:12 +0000

I'm an advisor to AwayFind (yay disclosure!). The highlight for me as a user of AwayFind is the immediate value I saw from day to day use of the service. I've been using the AwayFind expire features to be notified immediately over a period of the next day, week, etc. This works well for the critical messages where I want to know exactly when a reply is received but I do not want to sit in front of my email (or computer for that matter). My most recent example is from my trip to SF for the TechCrunch Social Currency CrunchUp and 5th Annual Summer Party. I wrote back to several replies asking for calendar updates from my clients and instead of having to camp out in front of my laptop -- I just set notifications to give me a phone call. I set notifications to notify me of a reply for specific people (or companies) and when they do reply I get a phone call from AwayFind that reads back their reply. I also have custom replies setup for various people and companies for the moment the reply hits my inbox. These custom replies let me manage their expectation of a response from me. I also reference the urgent contact page in my regular communication: http://cuthrell.awayfind.com/jay

TechCrunch : Jobs: A Free Case For Every iPhone 4 User

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:43:30 +0000

Cases and Cheetos for all my men!

TechCrunch : iPhone 4: Consumer Reports Needs To Get It Together

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:10:24 +0000

Now available in fashionable white http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcuthrell/4795389639... source: http://amzn.com/B000IW31HE

TechCrunch : How I Think The iPhone 4 Antenna Press Conference Is Going To Play Out

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:02:31 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK8ednS0skQ#t=0m57...

Telecompetitor : In a Bit of Irony, Skype Allegedly Blocks Service on Their Network

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:38:31 +0000

I meant to include this in the main article but this tweet was sent out by the FCC's own Twitter account just a few weeks ago: "Use VoIP, like @skype, to avoid excess international charges on your cell phone bill. For more http://bit.ly/bDXABN #FCCworldtravel" source: http://twitter.com/FCC/status/17023689544 hat tip: http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/26/fcc-endorses-sky...

TechCrunch : Prediction: This Statement Is Going To Come Back To Bite Microsoft In The Ass

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:18:20 +0000

"I think it is a lost cause. They are never going to find their way into my pocket." -- me

TechCrunch : Remember When We Were All Supposed To Quit Facebook?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:20:15 +0000

My personal account on Facebook is still gone. I'm still logging into a test account for security updates and settings. Oddly enough... I have only had 2 out of +600 Facebook "friends" try to re-add me that apparently are discovering me through some kind of peppered update. Facebook served a purpose for my planning my 20th high school reunion but even then Facebook isn't the end all be all destination. Actually, destination is being gracious in my soon to be 40-something age bracket. Looking back at all the orphaned services I've signed up for since the late 90s I'm sure Facebook will have the lasting power of AOL. Like AOL, Facebook will likely be mocked and derided at the appropriate point in the arc of relevance. Are there there yet?

TechCrunch : Windows Live And Let Die: Another Russian Spy Caught Tapping Away At Microsoft

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:02:55 +0000

You Only Reboot Twice The Man With the Golden Master Candidate ISO image A View To A KILL.EXE

TechCrunch : Windows Live And Let Die: Another Russian Spy Caught Tapping Away At Microsoft

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:59:11 +0000

Video imagery > Lead article imagery Nice save Erick... Nice save...

TechCrunch : Apple SVP Scott Forstall Just Signed Up For Twitter -- But Why?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:30:57 +0000

It's a perfect addition to the TechCrunchTV East Coast Road Tour.

TechCrunch : Apple SVP Scott Forstall Just Signed Up For Twitter -- But Why?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:45:50 +0000

Just know the fine folks in NC will be confused. http://www.witn.com/ That's eyeWITNess news for those in the know... because they put the WITN in... uh. eyewitness. Hey, it was clever in the 1970s.

Telecompetitor : In a Bit of Irony, Skype Allegedly Blocks Service on Their Network

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:07:45 +0000

I'm pretty sure the FCC would get involved there. :)

Telecompetitor : In a Bit of Irony, Skype Allegedly Blocks Service on Their Network

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:33:44 +0000

I'd looked to Skype for that "open" approach but as it changed hands it seemed to be going down a path of no return for being closed. Then there was the Digium (Asterisk) work done for using Skype as an adapter (trunk) but it seemed limited to me. I think you are spot on with the XMPP/Jabber massage idea.

TechCrunch : You Are Not Your F*cking Khakis (But You May Be Your Phone)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:28:55 +0000

I got voted down that's a good sign they might be here in passive-aggressive stealth mode. [finds comfortable seat]