Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience


Broadband networks, wired and wireless, are the oxygen that lets the world of devices and services breathe. However, the air remains perilously thin. For many, digital inclusion remains a dream, rather than a reality.

The history of modern digital computing is unusual in one regard. Most of its advances have occurred during the professional lifetimes of many of its current practicioners. For those of us who came of age in the mainframe era, it is instructive (and sometimes humorous) to remember what has changed.