We were trying to get to London from Madrid in my plane to attend Google Zeitgeist. As I insisted in going there, and as the airports reopened, my pilots alerted me to the fact that the trick airlines are using to avoid the ash cloud is to fly long distances at very low altitudes. This [...]

I came across the Mein Kampf article in the Wikipedia. The horror and weirdness of his antisemitism aside, what is remarkable is how well he described his war strategy, how his plan was laid out so ahead of its execution a decade later. How nobody seemed to believe him until he actually implemented it. Hitler [...]

Overheard on FB: what the iPod did to the CD the iPad will do to print, some people however say you cannot read novels from backlit screens Chatroulette should come up with widgets for web sites so people know that the randomers who show up, at least are from that site. Best about MAIL in [...]

Bravo Google http://bit.ly/bMPv1B While riding my bike in the Sierra I take a break and reply @om why Europe? Because http://yfrog.us/6g1omz Great argument wrong conclusion: The Startup Visa Act Must Be Stopped by @pegobry http://bit.ly/b3xvV2 /via @alleyinsider Design is not great when it clashes with use. Example? iPhones that fall out of pockets. Hillary Clinton [...]

We live in Madrid. It is at this time of the year, when the days are shorter, that I realize what living in the dark can mean. And I find it very sad. No matter how many Christmas lights there are around. I guess people in the North of Europe get used to it, but [...]

As of next week the thousands of 2009 buyers of the Fonera 2.0g will receive an email from Fon offering a substantial discount for the purchase of the newer and faster Fonera 2.0n. We have received many requests along these lines and find them reasonable.

This is my goodbye post for trolls. Trolls: I have had it with you. I want you out of my blog. Each day around 20,000 people read my Spanish and English blogs in feeds or visits. I get a lot of comments on Twitter on Facebook and they are sometimes positive, sometimes negative, but never [...]

USA is in pain. Serious pain. But after spending all of July travelling around this country visiting places as different as Miami, Sun Valley Idaho, San Francisco, Kona Hawaii, New York City and Southampton in Long Island I think that USA is implementing the necessary changes to get out of the slump. Living in Europe [...]

I have spent the last two days showing the Fonera 2.0n to key opinion makers in the Valley and with a few exceptions I found a clear generational divide. To people over 40, my contemporaries, the key feature of the new Fonera, namely its ability to upload and download is mostly uninteresting. Older people seem [...]

FON is seeking a junior technician to reinforce is technical and logistic support team in Madrid. Responsibilities: – Technical and logistic support for French / English speaking countries. – Translate and collaborate for the documentation of FON products and services. – Help improving FON services, reporting problems faced by users, with the ability to prioritize [...]