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Driving down, transit up

Mass transit had a banner year in 2008. Ridership was highest in over forty years and up 4% from 2007. Gas prices? Saving money on parking? Lowering carbon footprint? Were any or all of these behind the increase? Bigger question: is this...

Tags: Amtrak, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-09

A Christmas induced IT thought

My Christmas thought for 2008: if we want to be happier at our jobs, maybe we ought to first get better at them, and then work to redesign our role in organizations to be more like the IT embedded in a car: invisible, effective, and integral to the whole. by...

Tags: Car, Information Technology, Amtrak, Strategy, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-12-26

Amtrak and T-Mobile offer WiFi at select stations, Sounder trains have free WiFi

Amtrak and T-Mobile offer WiFi at select stations, Sounder trains have free WiFiHey --Kinda funny that all these iphone users are craving 3G! I took the train from Bellingham WA to Portland OR and rcvd 3G speeds the entire trip using my Treo 700wx. NO wifi or hotspot needed.

Tags: Wireless LANs, 3G, WIRELESS, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, train, Amtrak, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Amtrak and T-Mobile offer WiFi at select stations, Sounder trains have free WiFi

Amanda sent me a press release from T-Mobile today announcing that T-Mobile HotSpot service is available in five major Amtrak stations on the East Coast. Passengers who are waiting for their train can now surf via the T-Mobile WiFi network at the Washington D,C, Union Station, Baltimore Penn Station, Wilmington...

Tags: Train, T-Mobile, Amtrak, Sound Transit, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-10-15

A new charge on your phone bill

A new charge on your phone billWho wants to bet it'll flop...Either A) people won't buy the phones or B) turn it off when they get in their cars.Butt ...What if you are a passenger in a speeding taxi or train? Amtrak gets the ticket? Or...?That wouldn't work for catching...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Amtrak, government, phone, camera

Discussion threads 2006-12-20

Wi-Fi rides into Amtrak rail stations

Wi-Fi rides into Amtrak rail stationssmoking and Wi-Fiand you can take the fingernail clippers without fear of a strip search - what more could you ask for

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Amtrak

Discussion threads 2004-01-27

Amtrak launches onboard Wi-Fi service

Amtrak launches onboard Wi-Fi serviceZDNet's Patrick Houston tests a new Wi-Fi service on Amtrak's Capitol Corridor rail line.

Tags: Wireless LANs, Amtrak, Wi-Fi Service, Wi-Fi

Videos 2003-09-30

Additional Resources

Messing around with the DROID camera

What? No photos from the track? Droid DoesRE: Messing around with the DROID cameraI have a Droid and I did notice the camera quality was off. I turned the flash LED off and that helped a little on the glare issues. Of course some lighting conditions make a flash LED...

Tags: Engineering, DROID camera, Droid Does, camera

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Messing around with the DROID camera

As you may be aware, one of the earliest complaints from new DROID owners is that the camera under performed when compared with other smartphone cameras, such as the iPhone's or the BlackBerry Bold's, particularly as it related to sharpness and focus. Apparently, it has been discovered...

Tags: Photograph, Firmware, Camera, DROID, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Microsoft to detail planned changes in its fiscal reporting structure

won't save themNo matter how much monkey boy tries to obfuscate this criminal enterprise, it will still go down in flames.Microsoft Cooks Bookshttp://www.aaxnet.com/news/M990112.htmlMicrosoft fills the "cookie jar" in good times and dips into it in bad to create an appearance of steady growth. FTC does not approve of this accounting...

Tags: Litigation, Vertical industries, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial services, government, fraud, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Goodbye myTouch 3G and hello HTC Touch Pro2

I got my TP2 on release dayI can understand why you got the mytouch, because everyone at tmobile hears "touch pro 2" and thinks, "oh you mean the mytouch?" ... that happened to me like 3 times.But I didn't want that big brother stuff... I was coming off of the...

Tags: Operating systems, HTC Touch, operating system, High Tech Computer Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached

4.7 Million? Million with an "m"?Seems to me, that wouldn't be enough money to get Verizon's trucks out of the parking lot. Are you sure it's not 4.7 BILLION?Right...Bill Cosby, your a very funny guy!It?s time for telecoms to accept net neutrality, and it?s time for the FCC...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical industries, Verizon Communications Inc., telecommunications, broadband, government

Discussion threads 2009-08-15

IBM: re-training for our future

IBM and railroads. This is not a non sequitor. I recently spoke with Keith Dierkx who works for IBM in their expanding business providing services for planning, construction and operation of high-speed rail. Dierkx is in the process of relocating to Beijing where he and IBM will...

Tags: China, Beijing, Rail, IBM Corp., Dierkx, Government, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-09

Are we re-training America?

Are we re-training America?An unfair comparisonI agree that trains are great, and cost/fuel efficent in many circumstances. I just feel led to point out that it is not merely an issue of retraining America. There are demographic/geographic considerations that mean we may not be able to just copy...

Tags: population center

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Are we re-training America?

Rail transit is the most efficient current method of moving more than few people over long distances. Yet the U.S. is far behind most wealthy nations in its speed and usefulness of its long-distance rail travel. There is some indication the U.S. is going to play catch-up. ...

Tags: U.S., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Train Envi 1.1.8 (Mobile)

Train Envi displays Web-based railroad photos the way you would expect on the iPhone full screen, with multi-touch controls, in automated slide shows. Rolling stock from the locomotive to the caboose, train stations from the U.S. to India, lines from Amtrak to the Union Pacific straight from the Web to...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Multi-touch, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Channel Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-03-21

Dell Adamo: A laptop for the discerning gentleman

Dell finally unveiled its Adamo feather welterweight laptop this morning, and it's a beauty -- arguably the most beautiful PC to date. But does it matter? Basking in dramatic lighting and beautiful photography, the Adamo is as impressive as a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Dell Adamo, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Public transit money

Over $8 billion will go to public transit in the United States. Unlike some unemployment benefits there's been on indication that anystate will refuse its share of public transit money. California is the big winner, getting over one billion dollars, American Samoa gets a paltry $340,000. Do...

Tags: Job, Transportation, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?

Wow, my posting on high speed sure needled the paranoia among some readers. Says one talkback: "The automobile is one of the great protectors of freedom. The government hates that you can move without supervision and constant tracking or monitoring." Is this the same goverment that has coddled...

Tags: Speed, Government, Transportation, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-25

High speed rail: derision or da future?

High speed rail: derision or da future?How many times has Amtrak ....... had to be bailed out? How many of the lines are still even in operation? Do you think there won't be security measures before you board the train? How many died in the bombing of...

Tags: Vertical industries, High Speed, derision, government

Discussion threads 2009-02-25