SMART Fans of the Stupid Network,
I am writing to announce:
+ my new business
-- isen.com --
+ my new email address
-- isen@isen.com --
+ my new website
-- http://www.isen.com/ --
(and check out my new phone number below, too!)
AND, most importantly,
+ the rebirth of the smart-list, in a new,
moderated, mailbox-respecting form.
I will use the smart-list only occasionally to post items of
clear interest to SMART people, such as new writings, news items,
especially interesting conferences, and relevant works
by other people.
SMART MOVE
The release of "Rise of the Stupid Network" caused many
opportunities to beat a path to my door. Unfortunately,
as an employee of AT&T I had to shoo most of them away.
So on January 2, 1998, I did the next logical thing --
I left AT&T to start isen.com. Now I am trying to round up all
the opportunities that I had to shoo away. (Fortunately, there were
a couple of slow opportunities that did not get too far, and I
bagged them.) If you know of a stray opportunity looking for a
good home, feel free to send it my way.
SMART PEOPLE
There are now 188 people on the SMARTlist, and it is still growing at
the rate of several a week. If you know someone who wants to
subscribe, have them send me a few sentences about who they are,
and why they are interested.
(If you don't want to be on this list, please send
unsubscribe smart-list
(on a line by itself) to majordomo@isen.com.)
SMART DISCUSSION
The SMART discussion is still up, thanks to Judi Clark
and Keith Porterfield at www.manymedia.com, and anybody
can VIEW all postings on
http://www.isen.com/SMARTlist --
And you can still POST to it by sending email to
smart-discussion@isen.com . . .
Postings DO NOT go to everybody, instead
they are displayed on http://www.isen.com/SMARTlist
So if you have opinions on new telecommunications
products or services or infrastructure, or new insight into
the value of network infrastructure, or puzzled anxiety about
corporate culture, or billion-dollar visions of new enterprises
that you feel compelled to share, post them to
smart-discussion@isen.com
and maybe we can invent a few new opportunities together!
I will continue to expand my website beyond "stupid" over the
next weeks. I have already posted my PC Forum 97 Trip Notes,
a 1996 article on ADSL, and some scenarios for The Year 2000 Problem.
Thank you, SMART people, for your support and kind words over the
last months. I look forward to more interaction with you!
David I
January 8, 1998
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David S. Isenberg isen@isen.com
d/b/a isen.com http://www.isen.com/
18 South Wickom Drive 888-isen-com (anytime)
Westfield NJ 07090 USA 908-875-0772 (direct line)
908-654-0772 (home)
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-- Technology Analysis and Strategy --
Rethinking the value of networks
in an era of abundant infrastructure.
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Date last modified: 3 Feb 98