Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Hot and cold spot
So we're sitting in an airport lounge at Charles DeGaulle. Mary has a little instrument that shows there's four bars of Wi-Fi in the air. The guests using Windows laptops are getting on using the same Wi-Fi connection, presumably. She's not getting on. Neither am I, except through my phone's bluetooth and cell service. In fact, our laptops (which aren't Windows) don't even show a signal at all.
I've never seen a Wi-Fi signal that only works with Windows laptops. Is there such a thing?
A person at the front desk just told Mary "some computers can't see the network because the network is ... something."
On the road again
It's 2:34am here in Paris. Been putting out fires back in the home time zone. I'll be leaving in a few hours for Washington and Boston, then home on Thursday. Busy trip.
Meanwhile Les Blogs was a great show. Big thanks to Loic and his crew for excellent work, especially for a first-time effort. Sez Loic,
300 participants from more than 20 countries, 30 speakers, 3 TV channels, France Info radio, 30 journalists from around the world, lots of fun, amazing talks...
Here's the last set of photos I just uploaded to Flickr. (I may add a few more when I have the time.)
Popetrain
Peter Hirshberg: Benedict XVI Tackles Brand Development
Pope Poses Eternal Question: Who’s the Target Market?
Haven't We Seen This Positioning Before?
Without Flash or PDF
Daring Fireball offers Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Adobe's 'FAQ' Regarding Their Acquisition of Macromedia. I like the one-word translation of the orignally long-winded BS answer to "Do you anticipate a reduction in force as a result of this transaction?"