peter cochrane's uncommon sense
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Borrowing Wi-Fi is not a crime
Comment As for the rest.we may need a little uncommon sense! I never ask or look to ask anyone's permission, I just connect! If I am to go to court for using freely available and unprotected Wi-Fi, then my use of shop lights, toilets, shop awnings and... [01 Aug 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Am I uncool?
Comment silicon.com is pleased to present a new format for Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense columns. Given the significant support I have enjoyed from the readership of my Uncommon Sense column over the past two years, and recognising that they too may or... [13 Apr 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Valley lessons
Comment Peter Cochrane, inspired by a recent visit and conference on the US West Coast, asks whether there is hope for American and European high-tech. Bring on the nano, bio and smart materials industries… In over 30 years of travel to and from Silicon... [31 Mar 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Formula for project failure
Comment Peter Cochrane offers his explanation. A lot of this documentation is legalese to defend the customer's position should anything go wrong but generally turns out to be not worth the paper it's written on. [17 Mar 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Can education be saved?
Comment Peter Cochrane explains what this means for the future - and what can be done to improve the situation. Education is getting worse and worse in the West, particularly for scientific and technical fields such as IT. [10 Mar 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: VoIP wins
Comment After a personal trial, Peter Cochrane has found VoIP makes mobile working cheaper and easier than ever. Given the technology's impending rise, can the phone companies and mobile operators survive? Here's one change I've noticed. [17 Feb 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The large and small of IT
Comment Peter Cochrane examines this trend. As the cost of IT comes down, it's changing the ways small businesses use technology. It's the software. Today's operating systems and applications demand frequent updates and ultimately upgraded hardware. [03 Feb 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Why does technology fail?
Comment Peter Cochrane examines the causes and offers a solution to flaky tech. Everyone's had their day ruined by a computer crash at one time or another - but why does this happen in the first place? Sure, IT is still flaky but it's an awful lot better... [21 Jan 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Life as a tech-nomad
Comment Peter Cochrane shares the techniques and technologies that keep him productive during his plentiful time on planes, trains and automobiles. My normality is different from yours, and from my children's, friends' and colleagues'. [06 Jan 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Looking back from 2020
Comment With this column, Peter Cochrane and silicon.com are pleased to announce the winners of our competition for the best 'Uncommon Sense' idea. He's been reading Peter's columns on silicon.com for over two years. [16 Dec 2004]
Submit your ideas for Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense
News You submit ideas for Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense column via email to editorial@silicon.com before 14 December 2004. And second, a copy of Peter's latest book Uncommon Sense: Out Of The Box Thinking For An In The Box World published by Wiley. [06 Dec 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Why do we still travel?
Comment Peter Cochrane explains why this is not the case. Given all the advances in communications technology, shouldn't we be able to videoconference and telecommute instead of showing up in person? It is a very early Sunday morning at London Heathrow... [02 Dec 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The state of broadband
Comment A frequent industry conference presenter and attendee, Peter Cochrane explains why the recent ABC broadband event exceeded his expectations and discusses what hopes the UK has to improve its place in the 'fat pipes' league. [18 Nov 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Mobile folly
Comment Peter Cochrane explains. One of my favourite and recurring tricks whilst travelling is to pick up people's banking details and give it to them written on the back of my business card. People's reaction to this is always outrage, as if I was a thief... [04 Nov 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: A sea of bits
Comment Peter Cochrane predicts what's coming next and what sort of changes will occur once the petabyte is commonplace. It seems that Moore's Law has migrated to storage. Will today's search techniques fit the bill? [20 Oct 2004]
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