The significance of the 4 lane highway crossing a set of railroad tracks is important. The invention of cars and the building of the super-highway system was very important to reducing the price of shipping goods long distances. It forced the monopolistic railroads to compete with emerging trucking companies.

If you are considering buying stock in or working for an established company, you should understand disruptive technologies and consider their impact on your decision. The rate of change is accelerating, and many companies are successfully working to preserve the image that their previously lucrative business model is eternal. In some cases, corporations are going so far as attempting to enforce their dominant position by law. In fairness, the ill effects of this behavior on the market are sometimes so blatant that the government has no choice but to strike back.

Accelerating Linux with FACL <= What if you could make money directly from writing OS components for Linux?

I wrote a story about a possible future for Microsoft based VR. Last updated 6/9/98. <= Not that Microsoft makes me nervous.

Copy Catfight, an excelent commentary on intellectual property law. <= Some might know this as the "shut up and get back on the couch." article.

Shrink Wrap and Bono laws <= The unfainess of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act could have only been built on backs of other unfair legal practice. It's time we took back power from the media companies and gave some back to the artists.

smart tags are the future <= Smart Tags(TM) may be more than Microsoft bargained for.

It looks like the Supreme Court will be examining the Bono Act's "limited" nature. Here's to the Ben Franklins of the world.

Thicker Than Blood <= I've written a science fiction book about the social consquences of nanotechnology with our current IP law.