October, 21, 2002 archives

here's a letter to michael powell, chairman of the fcc, encouraging him to allow telecommunications firms to fail faster. great stuff. this quote should be particularly frightening to anyone still holding the stock of any telecommunications firms: The telecom debacle is not a cyclical phenomenon. The telephone network's technological base, and the business model under which this old technology thrived, are obsolete. Recovery is not an option.

here's the trackback page for php-con.

but i wouldn't count on much in the way of exciting blogging from me. there's the small matter of preparing my own session. (with each conference, i get a little bit closer to having to just get on-stage and wing it.)