Creating a New World one City at a Time
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Economy, Trust, US Broadband Coalition on January 23rd, 2012
I was recently struck by two seemly unrelated topics that were mentioned in Jim Baller’s daily broadband list under the title “America’s Competitiveness” One in the New York Times talks about a technology summit held at the White House where Obama asked Steve Jobs what would it take for America to keep the jobs that produce the iPhone? The second article in The Atlantic Cities talks about empowering Regions to reinvent themselves.
We are approaching a time where more than half of the world’s population lives in Cities; there is no Nation in the World today that can survive without at least one thriving city population. Cities have become the urban economic engine to the regional economy that surrounds it.
A third element “The Internet” has also made its impact on the world and again yet another article in Jim’s list on Read the rest of this entry »
Join me at the SUITS Conference this Jan 31st
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Economy, Science and Engineering on January 22nd, 2012
The Synopsis Under IP/Patents Telecom Sourcing Conference (SUITS) was launched to advance the knowledge innovators of telecommunications including developers, implementers, licenses, licensors, end users, carriers and enterprise patents.
Learn how to be aware and prepare to protect your most valuable assets – individual and company patents and intellectual property stored in the Patent Eco System or being held for security.
I will be moderating a few sessions if you would like to join me here is a link to a discounted registration –> SUITS
The First Meteor Shower of 2012
Posted by Mark Hewitt in NASA, Physics on January 6th, 2012
Tonight January 6th will be a peak opportunity to watch the Quadrantid meteor shower – predicted to be nearly 100 events per hour the sky will be spactactular. The Quadrantid shower is the result of left over rements of a comet that broke apart many centuries ago.
While it may be difficult to capture sky images with your Droid or iPhone – if you have a camera that can be programed set the lens to f/2.8 or better and on a tripod open the shutter until you capture with some luck a streak or two. Space.com is accepting amature photo submissions and I’m sure there will be some great shots come in from all over the world.
Good Luck tonight and enjoy the night sky.
Today marks the birth of Broadband
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Broadband Stimulus, Science and Engineering, US Broadband Coalition on January 6th, 2012
This day January 6th 1838 Samuel Morse’s telegraph system was demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. For those of you to young to remember Morse Code (required for FCC 1st class licenses) sent a series of pulses long and short that was used to transmit words and information over wire. This invention would eventually revolutionize long distance communications and yes today’s Internet where the pulses are streams of data.
The Telegraph was truly an invention and spurred millions of new ideas creating what today is a world wide network bridging the gap between Nations and People.
My Congratulations to a real inventor and a healthy acknowledgement of Samuel Morse’s impact on the world.
Planetary Citizenship
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness, Trust on January 3rd, 2012
On New Year’s Day I was given a book titled “Planetary Citizenship
For those of you who participated in the authoring of “The Metamorphosis Blueprint” each chapter of his book “Planetary Citizenship
Enabling The Trust That Society Needs to Thrive
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Science and Engineering, Trust on December 26th, 2011
March of 2012 Bruce Schneier – (author of the Crypto-Gram) will release his new title Liars and Outliers 
For additional information here is a link to the Press Release and Here is a link to Bruce’s “Crypto-Gram”
Enjoy and Happy New Year
Why do we balance an egg on its end?
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Physics, Science and Engineering on December 21st, 2011
My daughter called today to obtain the correct window of time where during the Winter Solstice (and yes I know we normally do this during an equinox event) however she is correct that the gravitational pull on the Earth during the Solstice is just right for a few hours and you actually can balance an egg on its large end. (by the way official Winter Solstice is at 5:30 UT – or 12:30 am December 21st 2011 – EST) (and a PS for the EGG on its end urban myth – yes you can balance an Egg almost anytime however during these four events it becomes so simple that a child can do it)
So how did I get so lucky to have kids with such inquisitive minds? It all starts with the excitement around discovery and this has been quite a year. This year CERN has proven the mass of the Higgs boson particle and proven that particles do actually travel beyond the speed of light.
I won’t get into a long dissertation of how important these discoveries are to our everyday life however believe me your life is about to change as a result of exactly how we can now use these discoveries to unmask the physics of everything. Read the rest of this entry »
Giving Thanks
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy on November 24th, 2011
by Mark Hewitt
Thanksgiving 1863 then President Abraham Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation
to a nation torn by civil war; expressing gratitude for the abundance of a nation torn by the diversions of wealth and drawing strength from fields of peaceful industry.
Mankind had grown since these times of civil war in many ways perhaps we have improved the reach of our destructive nature; where today entire nations fall to our plunder and “Diversion of wealth” as Lincoln so applicably stated.
Yet our resolve strengthens in growing numbers as humanity is faced with greater challenges most often of our own doing; as we most recently saw in Japan following the tsunami and nuclear disaster the world pulled together and today we are all stronger.
We as a people are greater for our ability to pull together; as in another great Lincoln speech “A Nation divided cannot stand”. I wish to express my gratitude for the resolve and cooperative nature of my friends, family, and colleagues.
Today is “iDay” as we remember an iCon
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Apple, Broadband, Steve Jobs on October 5th, 2011
Apple announced just a short while ago that Steve Jobs has passed on at age 56 just three years younger than myself and with a life of fantastic legacy with his vision, passion, and most of all desire to build products that consumers actually wanted.
Many in the “Open” community complain about Apple’s closed view of the world, however it was that closed system that gave us a family of technology that wasn’t actually unfriendly.
Steve shaped the world we all live in, and to some part shaped my own life; his vision and passion for products is catching and during the balance of my career I only hope to carry on that same vision.
Coming from an Apple family, with two brothers that helped shape the company one that is still part of the team. I salute the life and vision of Steve Jobs; wishing his family, friends, and extended Apple family warm wishes and sincere condolences for our loss.
Here’s to 56 years of value to the world.
Sustainability
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Broadband Stimulus, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Physics on July 27th, 2011
by Mark Hewitt
May you live in interesting times… an old Chinese saying that sometimes is called a curse; and as I watch our political leadership mire itself in their own self-interest jockeying for position as to which political party will survive the 2012 election at the expense of not only our economy; at the expense of lives and our future.
This process however is as predictable as knowing that the Sun will rise in the East; Interesting to realize that the only way to succeed at the point of the greatest level of complexity in a society is to not play the game. I hope that most of you have had the opportunity to read some of the work from Physicist Geoffrey West who properly states Read the rest of this entry »