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So Long, Farewell – My Last Post for Motorola

There are huge changes ahead for Motorola: a corporate split, entry into new markets, and the integration of the company’s Home and Mobility businesses. It’s an exciting time, but also the right time for me to make my exit stage left. I launched this blog – with critical support from some key folks in the [...]

The Connected Home Becomes a Smart Home

The home automation industry has followed a long and tortuous road, but a number of new products on the market and planned broadband services suggest we may have turned a corner. Word came out today that Verizon has a smart-home trial planned for next month, and a broader commercial launch scheduled for some time in [...]

Favorite Posts from 2010, Part 2

Continuing on yesterday’s theme, here are some of my favorite posts from the second half of 2010. July: New Multi-Room DVR: Pause Live TV, Record Anywhere – covering a multi-room DVR deployment with Cincinnati Bell including features not available in larger operator environments August: VOD Economics: Are We There Yet? – on collapsing release windows and [...]

Favorite Posts from 2010, Part 1

As we wind up 2010, I’ve gathered a list of some of my favorite posts from the year. Some were popular. Others weren’t. But I like this list because it covers a range of topics that were important in 2010 – from 3D, to VOD, to IP, to home networking. Here are my selections for [...]

IPv6 Trend in Cable Modems

If you read CableLabs’ most recent modem certification report (and really, why wouldn’t you?) you’ll notice that more and more of the hardware certified is IPv6-compliant. In fact, in the last two cert waves, all of the modems certified are listed as supporting the newer protocol. Depending on which reports you read, we’re on a [...]