Wetmachine » Inventing the Future http://www.wetmachine.com A group blog on telecom policy, software, science, technology, and writing Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 I watch the ripples change their size (Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes) http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/i-watch-the-ripples-change-their-size-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/i-watch-the-ripples-change-their-size-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:24:23 +0000 Stearns http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=2441 Immersive technology meets CRM, through the lens of social collaboration.

]]> http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/i-watch-the-ripples-change-their-size-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes/feed 0 Who Let the President Have a Cell Phone? http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/who-let-the-president-have-a-cell-phone http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/who-let-the-president-have-a-cell-phone#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:36:13 +0000 Stearns http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=2414 This is so Sundman that I’m not sure I didn’t already read about it in one of John’s novels are this here Wetmachine.

MIT researchers have shown that a magnetic field applied to a very specific part of…

]]> http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/who-let-the-president-have-a-cell-phone/feed 0 My Travel Schedule For The Next Two Weeks http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/my-travel-schedule-for-the-next-two-weeks http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/my-travel-schedule-for-the-next-two-weeks#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:06:53 +0000 Harold http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=2411 I haven’t had a lot of time to post a lot lately, which actually bums me out a great deal. It’s been an insane time here in telecom land, for all that we seem to be running in place. Eventually,…

]]> http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/my-travel-schedule-for-the-next-two-weeks/feed 0 Mobile Business Collaboration http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/mobile-business-collaboration http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/mobile-business-collaboration#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:09:30 +0000 Stearns http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=2381 From The New York Times: Cisco’s idea of a “‘collaboration tool’ for business people’ is a Cisco-produced tablet that runs WebEx. “This is a mobile video device for corporate users”. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/cisco-finds-its-tablet/

Interesting, or historical footnote?

Sent from my…

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I imagine that with…

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Think of posts ending in “Sent from my iPhone”.
No 140 char limit.
Hell, the whole thing could be dictated by the Dragon app and…

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Spoiler: This ends up being about the iPad.


I’m afraid I’m at odds with the Pope. I think relativism in all it’s forms is the greatest contribution to human culture so far.…

]]> http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/when-is-the-truth-wrong/feed 0 This I Believe http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/this-i-believe http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/this-i-believe#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:40:54 +0000 Stearns http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/?p=2145 http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/this-i-believe/feed 1 In the End http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/in-the-end http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/in-the-end#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:38:25 +0000 Stearns http://wetmachine.mine.nu/?p=1988 http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/in-the-end/feed 8 The Authority http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/the-authority http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/the-authority#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:48:59 +0000 Stearns http://wetmachine.mine.nu/?p=1940 http://inventing-the-future.wetmachine.com/content/the-authority/feed 1