On this exact week in 1991 I got bored while Djing on a lonely Tuesday Night at a club in Vancouver called Richard’s on Richards and recorded myself playing a hit list of schlocky 80s music. I then distributed around 200 copies on tape to friends, business...
Millions of people are slowly dying in Africa of AIDS and Ebola and drug companies and the US Government don’t lift a finger to reduce the cost of the drugs used for treatment. A couple of dozen Americans are infected with a toxin called Anthrax and Bayer cuts a...
When Napster died I went on a frenzy downloading every Hip Hop song I could think of. I then got a hold of some digital mixing software (thanks Gersh) and decided to put together a compilation of the best of ’em. Each track is segued using many, many different...
IP Telephony may finally be coming of age. For example, take this week’s announcement of a $1.1 billion contract between Sprint and Nortel to replace Sprint’s Plain Old Telephone network with IP-driven switching technologies. While on the surface this...
—— Forwarded Message From: Tom Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:12:55 -0700 (PDT) To: fork [at] xent [dot] com Subject: iPod? They plod. With a 400$ price tag Apples entry into the portable MP3 player market begs the question…why? The Rio Volt, a unit that...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.