It was a great sign when I saw the surfboards, sharks and Cadillac posters at Fins Coffee shop on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz. Second, it was comforting to see a graying old surfer and his HP on the Internet.
Yes. There is wireless at Fins — if you bring in an AT&T or [...]

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My first Wi-Fi road trip — an 18,000-mile excursion a few years earlier — wrapped up in Austin with a quick visit to the Wi-Fi Alliance world headquarters and another music festival.
So, Austin’s recent SXSW festival was not my first rodeo, but it certainly wasn’t the end of the road either. And frankly this [...]

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From the get-go, let me say that the Wi-Fi network at the Flaming Lips concert in Denton, Texas was sub-standard … because there wasn’t one.
No worries. Most of the audience was toting 3G and 4G phones … and I think their messages were mainly photos and “look at me at the Flaming Lips concert” [...]

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I’ll never forget where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news that Michael Jackson was dead.
No wait … I better write it down.
I was using Wi-Fi at Starbucks, as I am prone to do.
More specifically, I was trading e-mails with an attorney about trademark issues, and beating some dude from [...]

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In 2004 Forbes named my blog “Best of the Web.”  Marketing types from Kodak headquarters contacted me to ask what I would charge for a personal appearance at one of their events. Blah, blah, blah.
That was then … this is now.  I won’t lie.  The Internet is teeming with bloggers now — so I am [...]

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My first marathon?  Ha … I was the official photographer and did the course several times over … shooting photos from the “b..ch seat” — the sidecar — on a BMW motorcycle … long story.
Anyway, the Cowtown is coming … in about 26 days.  Hmmm … Wonder if there is much Wi-Fi along the 26.2 [...]

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Wi-Fi-based Positioning Technology By Spotigo, Available In More Than 25 Countries
Düsseldorf / Madrid — The German software and service provider Spotigo announced that its Wi-Fi-based Positioning Solution (”WiPS”) is now available in more than 25 countries.  Major cities in the United States, Germany, UK, Spain, France, Russia, India, Korea, etc. are covered significantly already.

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Life has a soundtrack and isn’t  it cool when the iPod is in sync?
Just as the Southwest Airlines captain gave the go ahead to engage electronic devices, I hit shuffle on my iPod.  The first song at about 10,000 feet over the Nevada desert?  Dirty Vegas!  How apropos.

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