09 January 2003

Fantastic.. Pathe newsreels ..  http://www.britishpathe.com/flashintro.cfm 10:18:13 PM

Joel says, January 09, 2003. Clay Shirky: “Two years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, FedEx pulled the plug on ZapMail, allowing it to vanish without a trace. And the story of ZapMail's collapse holds a crucial lesson for the telephone companies today.” Excellent. Clay has hit the nail right on the head; everybody's looking for the huge business opportunities around 802.11 and VoIP and they probably aren't really there. [Joel on Software] Clay's article is very good, and recommended to anyone who enjoyed David Isenberg's original Stupid Network essay which enunciated so superbly what many had been thinking around. Many moons ago, I was the potential founder of a VoIP company called Rebel Telecom.  (story another time).  It has taken a lot longer than I expected for the ATA devices to become available, but these are exactly what are required for David's new treatise of encouraging incumbent old-model telcos to 'Fail Fast' to become true. One of our best clients have the foresight in this area and are licking their lips in glee!  Gotta love it...  :-)   10:09:27 PM

Wow, Can't believe I haven't posted since New Years Day. New Years Day very auspiscious day for us.  After some running around on the day, our Radiology Manager software was used for a real patient in a real case.  The results were (even if I say so myself) very cool  :-) Since then we have been extremely busy.  It is funny doing all the 'basic' things again.  Still, once the blocks are in place, we don't need to do them again.  9:25:55 PM

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