Category: Technology
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When Your WISP Became Jurassic Park
There is a moment near the beginning of the film, before anyone is running, before anything has gone wrong. The cars stop. Doors swing open. Alan Grant steps out into the light, and across the field, a Brachiosaurus lifts its head above the tree line. Grant has spent his entire career on his knees in…
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The Priest and the Packets
At St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Montevallo, where I serve on the vestry, we recently completed another priest search. A new priest will stand at our altar next month. Transitions like that carry a quiet weight. You grow accustomed to a particular voice carrying the Eucharistic prayer. You come to recognize the cadence of someone’s…
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The Wireless Industry’s Boat Anchor Problem
Do you remember 2010? We were all playing Angry Birds, wearing Silly Bandz, and watching a 16-year-old Canadian kid with a swooping haircut take over the planet singing “Baby.” Justin Bieber was the new hotness. If you didn’t have Bieber fever, you were irrelevant. A few years later, that haircut aged about as well as…
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On Covenants, Conscience, and Cowboys: A Reflection on WISPA
Disclaimer:These reflections represent my personal opinions and experiences. They are offered in good faith, not as factual claims about any specific organization or individual. The views expressed here do not reflect those of any church, company, or association with which I am or have been affiliated. I reference public and personal experiences for purposes of…
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WISPAPALOOZA 2025: The WISP Industry Shows Significant Strength
“We’re stronger together than apart.” This timeless truth was on full display this year in the electric hallways of the Paris and Horseshoe Hotel in Las Vegas. The wireless internet industry descended on the venue for WISPA’s annual WISPAPALOOZA conference, a vital event that allows operators, vendors, and subject matter experts to compare notes, share…
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Alabama’s Technology Community Showed Up in Force for ALANOG-7!
There’s an energy in the State of Alabama right now as the worldwide technology industry undergoes a continued evolution. From AI and fiber to software and LTE/5G deployed at the edge, the future is being built right before our eyes. There’s something truly special about getting in the room with the people building the “applied”…
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The Dawn Of The A.I. Hall Monitor
Over the past few months, I’ve had the significant misfortune of participating through Zoom and Teams in virtual meetings where so-called “A.I.” bots were in attendance. These bots claim to be “taking notes,” “transcribing,” and offering “insights” on how the meeting went. Hopefully you’re catching all the air quotes I’d be making if I were…
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The Great American Backhoe Bonanza: How Washington’s Fiber Obsession Buried the AI Future — Until Now
For years, Washington bet everything on fiber, spending billions in taxpayer money with the primary purpose of extending fiber cable to every home – all of this with the goal of future-proofing the American internet. It hasn’t worked. Instead, this backhoe bonanza has burned through public funds while leaving the country unprepared for the real…
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TiDev Titanium Has Day 0 Compatibility with iOS 26 — Other Mobile Frameworks Not So Lucky
When Apple unveiled iOS 26 and its sweeping new “Liquid Glass” UI design, many developers braced for impact. Major version jumps like this often send cross-platform frameworks scrambling to catch up, forcing developers to wait weeks or months for SDK updates, patches, and compatibility fixes. But for one framework — TiDev Titanium — iOS 26…
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AT&T’s War on CBRS: How Corporate Overreach Threatens America’s National Security
While Americans were locked down during COVID, a new kind of Cold War accelerated — not one fought with bombs or bullets, but with silicon, algorithms, and data. The artificial intelligence arms race is underway. China knows it. Russia knows it. And recent battlefield innovations in Ukraine have shown just how fast AI-powered warfare is…