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Amsterdam street scene in winter: It is very festive here in Amsterdam at this time of the year. St. Nicholas arrived in the Netherlands last Sunday. Unlike Santa Claus, he gives away presents on December 5 and [...]

I am in Lisbon this week for the APDC conference where I gave a keynote on municipal wireless networks. I posted my photos on Flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/esme/sets/72157594379808230/
Lisbon is a beautiful city on the water (the Tagus River) and is built on several hills like San Francisco. There are lovely churches and palaces everywhere, little old wooden trams, [...]

I was in Boston for WiMax World last week and given my last experience flying in and out of Boston, I dreaded every moment. I was right; it’s no better this time.
Do NOT take the Silver Line
Getting to the airport from my hotel near the World Trade Center via the Silver Line, a rather [...]

Every year on 9 September (09-09), the “Negen Straatjes” (Nine Streets) in the center of Amsterdam celebrate a neighborhood festival that includes a street fashion show and outdoor dinner. This year, on Saturday 09-09, the gorgeous summer weather brought out all the neighbors and shop owners.
The outdoor dinner, five courses from the best restaurants in [...]

Travelpost.com has the most comprehensive guide to free and paid wireless access in US airports. To see the guide, click here (link from Glenn Fleishman).
Airport Wi-Fi access is one of my pet peeves. Last week in San Francisco, I logged onto my T-Mobile Wi-Fi service, but when I got to Logan Airport, surely one of [...]

Airlines have been threatening for some time now to enhance your inflight misery by allowing mobile phone calls in the air. Now it seems that one airline, Ryanair, is serious about this. Glenn Fleishman reports that Ryanair, a European budget airline, will equip 50 planes with mobile phone capability by the end of 2007.
So let’s [...]