open access for all

it’s round 17 of the spectrum auction by the FCC and yes the $4.6 billion mark has been reached for access to block ‘c’.  what does this mean to you and me?  well that means in the auction for the 700mhz spectrum (the one that can actually penetrate walls and office buildings), a portion of that will be forced to be open to any device on any platform.  this is a great day.  schweet!!!

greatness vs madness

watching the recap of last year’s (or was it last century’s) episode of lost i was hit with a notion.  and no, before you say anything i only had 2 beers.  i realized that profound people, either real or fake, are driven by either greatness or madness.  the most intriguing part of this realization is that neither party is far off from one another.  okay, follow me here: both are driven by a vision of an outcome and are willing to risk everything to achieve it and both don’t care whom they have to sacrifice to get the desired result.  some of the greatest visionaries ever are quite mad if you think about it.  they are the writers, directors, physicists, scientists, c.e.o.s, doctors and inventors that have helped shape the landscape of our lives.  the line between greatness and madness is very gray and very thin.