December 2008
3 posts
Posthumous Email
When I reflect on the growth of the Internet as I have experienced it as a user, a few personal landmarks stand out: my first email, the first time I played a networked game, the first flame war I got sucked into, the first web page I created (a list of links of course!), the first time I surfed the web from a public bathroom, etc.
This morning, for some reason, I recalled the first time I...
Numbers are Powerful Brands
The goal of ISN/Freenum was never to promote numeric brands. Instead, the goal was (and is) to break free from the contraints of E.164 and ease the transition from 12-digit keypads to alphanumeric voice addresses. We may, however, never abandon numeric addresses altogether. From numerology to ZIP codes to significant dates, numbers are powerful brands and, according to a piece in the Wall...
Disinformation: "Bittorrent Declares War on VoIP,...
The Register has published an alarmist piece of disinformation on how BitTorrent’s move to UDP transport is going hurt VoIP and gaming and cause the Internet to collapse. This is the exact opposite of what we intended for the Plicto transport protocol (now uTorrent’s uTP). Our intent was to be as gentle as possible to the network, yielding to competing TCPs and non-adaptive,...