Peter Cochrane
RSS Peter CochranePeter Cochrane's Blog: Singapore's fibre paradox
Comment Compiled at my Singapore hotel upon arrival and despatched to silicon.com on the day of my departure from Changi Airport via a free wi-fi service Having arrived in Singapore during the late afternoon, I went for a walk to help my body... [30 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Three clicks away from eight million people
Comment Compiled at the IoD and various hotels in London over several days, polished on TG409 flying Bangkok to Singapore, and dispatched to silicon.com via my hotel LAN shortly after arrival. All civilisations have been critically dependent... [23 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Open info for all?
Comment Compiled on TG409 flying Bangkok to Singapore and dispatched to silicon.com via a hotel wi-fi connection four days later Governments and ministers seem to find it very hard to decide what information should be in the public domain and... [20 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Tales of all-in-one woe
Comment Compiled on BA009 flying London to Bangkok and dispatched to silicon.com via a domestic wi-fi connection the next day Over the years I have had numerous printers, scanners and copiers, and about five years ago I opted for an all-in-one... [13 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Iran, tweets and e-democracy
Comment Compiled at the IoD in London and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service on the same day Like most of you I have been following the aftermath of the Iranian election via printed press, radio and TV. [29 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Baker's dozen - a lesson for broadband
Comment Compiled on KLM 1508 flying Norwich to Amsterdam and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi from my Amsterdam hotel a day later The expression 'a baker's dozen' originated around the 13th century in an early statute instituted by Henry III... [11 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: We have plenty of radio spectrum
Comment Compiled during a visit to Amble in Northumberland, edited on the A1 heading home, and dispatched to silicon.com via 3G from Norwich Airport two days later I keep hearing presentations and reading reports and articles that paint a... [09 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News Not so in engineer and futurist Peter Cochrane's case, as the silicon.com columnist explained how he has maximised the bandwidth of his home broadband by using a broadband aggregation service, along with... [01 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Why are we so wasteful?
Comment Compiled on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched to silicon.com via 3G during the same journey As a young man I worked in a number of 'mom and pop' stores and small businesses before joining a state-run enterprise. [28 May 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Squeeze more speed out of your broadband
Comment Compiled at my home near Woodbridge, UK, and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi later the next day. My office looks like Armageddon. There are cables, CDs, instruction books, cardboard boxes and ADSL modems covering most of the floor... [20 May 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Become a bandwidth scavenger
Comment Never has a subject been so studied, debated and reported with such little understanding and positive action as broadband in the UK. For me this came to a real head recently with the publication of the Carter Report, compounded by my... [06 May 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uncommon mode failure
Comment Compiled at my hotel in Newbury, UK, and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi from my home three weeks later So there I was on a weekend stopover in a hotel. It is a Friday morning and I have a clutch of urgent emails I need to send. [29 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet Needless to say, with some telcos already planning connections of 50Mbps or more, commentators including silicon.com's own Peter Cochrane have pointed out how far behind the times the report seems already. [21 Apr 2009]
Ask the Experts: Should I embrace the cloud?
Comment Peter Cochrane, tech guru and silicon.com blogger: Q: I want to move the majority of my organisation's business-critical services into the cloud. Is this a good idea? Clive Longbottom, Quocirca analyst: [08 Apr 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The cloud cometh
Comment Compiled in my home office on the first day of Spring and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi from BT Labs at Martlesham Heath, UK The technical literature is currently ringing with cries of: 'I want to know where my bits are - and what... [02 Apr 2009]
