by Mark Jones

LinuxWorld Wi-Fi un-friendly

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Aug 5, 20031 min

An update on life as a blogger. The reality is that the majority of media carry Wi-Fi enabled notebooks, yours truly included. So when you attend a major trade show like LinuxWorld you expect unfettered access to the airwaves. Particularly, I might add, in San Francisco – arguably the nation’s most Wi-Fi savvy city.

Here’s the Wi-Fi status report from Day 1.

Keynote hall = none

Media working room = none, until Doc Searls connected his Apple AirPort (thanks Doc).

IBM press conference = none

Novell press conference = none

Sun press Q&A = none

Memo to PR people and conference organizers everywhere: It’s time to get with the Wi-Fi program.