Bio

I have experience in computing at most levels from VLSI and board design on the hardware side and machine code through applications to programming language design on the software side. Since 1992 I have been focused on the Web and network protocol issues, in particular security which has turned out to be both a key enabler and gating point for development of new applications of the Web. Most 'futurologist' types begin their speil by claiming that all attempts to predict the future in the past have failed, then proceed to predict the future and trump any challenges with the statement that predicting the future is impossible. I don't use that scam, there are plenty of people who predict the future with accuracy that is far better than random chance. The question is not how to predict the future, it is how to change it. Specialties: Technical diplomacy, standards and high level sales. Strategic consulting. Primary source on key network standards such as HTTP, HTML, XKMS, SAML, WS-*, DKIM.