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No man is an island in the world of pervasive computing. (Industry Commentary).

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Do you want to understand our industry? Forget the big-name industry pundits and think-tanks. Look to the great poets like Donne and Shakespeare. You can't go wrong. The great poets can provide a long-term, human perspective on how we think, dream, and scheme. That insight is useful even in the new world of Web services and pervasive computing.

A better understanding of our own human nature will help us overcome our fear. This is important because too much fear can be both paralyzing and fatal, especially in IT. But, a tiny bit of fear can be helpful if it inspires us to continue moving and improving. Fear is often what compels us to keep up with new technology, to use it, and to sometimes benefit from it.

Recently, I noticed yet another consortium in the area of wireless. There certainly have been plenty of these, but this one is worth a glance. It's called The WLAN Smart Card Consortium. It's got some pretty big players in it. The idea is to help people use smart cards to access wireless access points around the world with one mechanism. Well, anything that helps the wireless...

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