Blog entries from the time of cuthrell.com

Blog entries from the time of cuthrell.com

Stay tuned

October 16, 2010

I’ll be making a blog post and announcement here on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 11am Eastern. Cryptic? You bet. Exciting? Absolutely. Kittens? Well, uhm… no but that would totally awesome too.

Here are two visual clues that when put together will make perfect sense to you… or set your mind aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention [1].

on again off again

Millenium Bridge

[1] Yes. Blazing Saddles.

VMworld 2010

August 29, 2010 [ Read more... ]

Tweet This is where I’ll be putting my notes from VMworld 2010 and related Silicon Valley adventures.  The basic schedule I’ll try to follow is below.  Primarily, I’m here for business but I will have some geek style fun along the way too.  A big highlight will be interacting with the startups at VMworld this [...]

I saw what you did

August 13, 2010 [ Read more... ]

Tweet For SxSW 2011 I have been invited to speak on several panels and this year I have my own solo talk proposed.  Here are the highlights: Solo: Lawful Intercept: I Saw What You Did Panels: Offline America, Why We Have A Digital Divide Panel About Nothing (That You Don’t Care About) A Dumb Guy [...]

A Good Week

July 14, 2010 [ Read more... ]
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Tweet It’s been a good week so far. First, OPASTCO’s Roundtable quarterly has published my article “Keep Your Head in the Clouds”. Second, Marketplace from American Public Radio interviewed me by phone and quoted me. Third… well, there isn’t a third.  So, I decided to reorganize a few of my more popular posts (according to Google [...]

SxSW 2011 Cometh

July 8, 2010 [ Read more... ]

Tweet I’m looking forward to SxSW 2011 already.  SxSW 2011 would be my fourth year in a row. Each year there is a mad rush to submit to the SxSW Panelpicker application process.  This year I’ve been asked by several others to be part of their own panels — and all of them are amazing [...]

Memo to the Cloud

July 1, 2010 [ Read more... ]

Tweet Disclaimer: I made the jump to cloud and SaaS a long time ago.  I have the scars. With luck, after adding a few more they’ll just look like skin. In the multi-billion dollar market of all things SaaS and cloud, I am a minor account in my consumption. My clients, however, are not so [...]

Short URL Link Rot

June 27, 2010 [ Read more... ]

Tweet The notion of “link rot” comes up from time to time in blog type discussions where someone has a passing preservation or historical bent.  The real-time nature of content being consumed and the promoted concepts of brevity have led to the perceived need for short URLs.  Now witness the glory of short URL services. [...]

It’s Still Complicated

June 25, 2010 [ Read more... ]

TweetMy experiment back on May 10, 2010 appears to have finally worked.  I deleted my Facebook account.  The Earth somehow still manages to rotate.  I know you were worried too. *phew* But… you see, I opened another account to confirm this happened.  There’s no email from Facebook that says “You are dead unto us” or “Your account [...]

Security Elements Everywhere

June 3, 2010 [ Read more... ]

Tweet Diclosure: I donated to Diaspora. I’ve been asked the same question a few times these past few weeks So, Jay… What would it take for you to come back to Facebook? It’s a valid question.  Sure.  Let’s work through this as a mental exercise.  In fact, I did just that.  I thought long and [...]