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	<title>&#45; CircleID</title>
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	<description>Postings from  on CircleID</description>
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	<dc:date>2026-03-31T21:29:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> The Problem Of 5G Hype (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20230414-the-problem-of-5g-hype</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm writing this as the 5G hype cycle reaches a new crescendo. What is most striking is how few of those touting 5G (or "private 5G") is how little technical detail there is beyond saying it is the next generation of cellular protocols. Yes, one can look at volumes of specifications with myriad options and flavors but no sense of 5G as such. That alone should make one suspicious - why does one have to eschew wires to get 5G? <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20230414-the-problem-of-5g-hype">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> We Can Have Forever URLs (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20230325-we-can-have-forever-urls</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A Forever URL is one that never expires. You own it and needn't worry about forgetting to renew it. The term itself is inspired by the US Forever Stamps, which you can use even if the postal rate goes up. This article looks at the underlying mechanisms for linking such information and is aimed at a technical audience. The DNS isn't just about websites; it is fundamental to how we connect endpoints, be they websites, devices, documents etc. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20230325-we-can-have-forever-urls">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Trust and Insecurity (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20230228-trust-and-insecurity</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was first advocating home networking at Microsoft, we encountered a problem. The existing systems and applications had implicitly assumed they were inside a safe environment and didn't consider threats from bad actors. Early Windows systems hadn't yet provided file system with access control and other protections though there were some attempts to have separate logins to keep some settings separate. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20230228-trust-and-insecurity">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Impact of Open Connectivity (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20220712-the-impact-of-open-connectivity</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internet hints at the much larger possibilities of open connectivity in enabling discoveries such as the web but for the physical world. The ideas themselves go to a deeper level of thinking about how we build systems and how we can enable the future. This post is aimed at people building systems and devices which can be interconnected to create systems and meta-devices. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20220712-the-impact-of-open-connectivity">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Internet as a Public Good (Featured Blog)</title>
		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts20220627-the-internet-as-a-public-good</guid>
		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20220627-the-internet-as-a-public-good</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is time to recognize the Internet as a public good - freely available like other basic infrastructures such as roads and sidewalks. In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web by taking advantage of open connectivity available among universities and research institutions. Today we see that same open connectivity within corporations, in our homes, and on university campuses. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20220627-the-internet-as-a-public-good">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Voice Over IP – an Inflection Point (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20220210-voice-over-ip-an-inflection-point</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Voice over IP (VoIP) represents a sharp break from the traditional telephony. The story of VoIP is important in helping us think beyond the simplistic framing of a "digital transition". The first stage of any technology is emulating the old. Indeed, digital telephony was just like traditional analog telephony -- just FBC (Faster, Better Cheaper) but not fundamentally different. Merely changing from analog to digital isn't transformational in itself. But it creates the opportunity for transformation. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20220210-voice-over-ip-an-inflection-point">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Our New Infrastructure (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20211004-our-new-infrastructure</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, there is demand for more broadband as people realize the importance of being connected to the Internet, whether to access websites, stream entertainment, attend school, attend family events, work remotely, and so much more. This demand has been driven by the success of today's Internet. It is now time to recognize the Internet as infrastructure. The Internet's best-effort approach has allowed us to share the abundant capacity latent in the existing facilities by converting all traffic into packets. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20211004-our-new-infrastructure">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Connectivity Starts at Home (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20210422-connectivity-starts-at-home</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's Internet is just one application of the powerful idea of best-efforts connectivity. The home router (NAT) decouples the connectivity within the home from the larger internet, enabling innovation that leverages the Internet without being limited by it. Connectivity starts at home. Your computers and devices all interconnect locally. In a sense, the larger Internet is just one more connected device. You are free to innovate and experiment without asking a provider's permission. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20210422-connectivity-starts-at-home">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Consumer Technology vs. 5G (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20210207-consumer-technology-vs-5g</link>
		<description><![CDATA[5G represents a threat to the level playing field and innovation of the Internet. It is the new face of the battle over network neutrality. At its inception in the 19th-century, the talking telegraph (AKA the telephone) was an amazing feat of engineering using analog technology. One could speak into a microphone in one city and be heard in another city. Accomplishing this required a very large investment in technology. The customers were consumers of the service. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20210207-consumer-technology-vs-5g">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The JavaScript Ecosystem (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20201031-the-javascript-ecosystem</link>
		<description><![CDATA[JavaScript started out as a simple extension for the browser but has become so much more. In part, this is true in building on rich concepts going back to Lisp. Along the way, it has challenged the givens of programming and given us a high-performance flexible language along with rich libraries and rich tools. We're just beginning to discover the possibilities. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20201031-the-javascript-ecosystem">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Beyond the Interweb (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200822-beyond-the-interweb</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's Internet is a network of networks and seen through the lens of the web. We need to look beyond the engineering history to see the Internet in the context of the broader vision of JCR Licklider, an acoustic psychologist, and his vision of man/computer symbiosis... JCR Licklider would've been thrilled to see such a powerful man-machine symbiosis becoming so normal and having it work so well. Lick, as he was called, can be considered the grandfather of the Internet. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200822-beyond-the-interweb">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Communities of Things (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200416-communities-of-things</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When I want to go to a website, I just type in the URL, and I'm there. Sure, we had to get a subscription from a service provider and set up our devices, but that was a one-time thing. As we move into a world of many connected devices, it's no longer a one-time thing. Today, creating connected devices and services requires thinking about all the mechanics and networking and onboarding and providers. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200416-communities-of-things">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Internet and My 53 Years Online (Featured Blog)</title>
		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts20190718_the_internet_and_my_53_years_online</guid>
		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190718_the_internet_and_my_53_years_online</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the upcoming celebration of the 50 years of the Internet, I'm trying to figure out how the traditional story misses the powerful idea that has made the Internet what it is -- the ability to focus on solutions without having to think about the network or providers. It's not the web -- thought that is one way to use the opportunity. The danger in a web-centric view is that it leads one to make the Internet better for the web while closing the frontier of innovation. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190718_the_internet_and_my_53_years_online">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> As a Service? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190611_as_a_service</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm happy to have the option of buying services. It's easier to eat at a restaurant than to do my own cooking, and I'm happy to pay for a ride rather than fighting traffic on my own. However, I'm not happy if I don't have the option of cooking for myself or of taking a stroll. I used to be willing to pay for all of my phone calls but today I know that, thanks to VoIP, there is no need to. But the phone companies are attempting to wrest back control with their wider 5G agenda. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190611_as_a_service">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> A Progressive Web Apps World? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180712_a_progressive_web_apps_world</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The browser is now a full fledged platform for apps. The major benefits of using the browser as a platform includes ease of universal deployment and avoiding concepts such as having to install software. It's also a very flexible and powerful environment. Increasingly consumer electronics "devices" are software applications... Today's PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) go further. They take advantage of HTML5 and also capabilities of the JavaScript environment. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180712_a_progressive_web_apps_world">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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