Singapore transit
I'm in Singapore right now. The flight into Amsterdam and then out to Singapore was good. Singapore Airlines is great as usual. The stewardesses are nice, friendly, and pretty - which seems to be the only thing people remember Singapore Airlines for. I didn't get bumped into Raffles Class (their business class), unfortunately. I've got to get a good puppy face going the next time I check in!
Anyways, I got enough sleep, although my transatlantic leg was spent watching many of the films they've got running. Now, their video-on-demand is just awesome. You can surf the channel on which the movie is playing and then start it, fast-forward or rewind it to any part. Go Singapore Airlines!
As I'm going through these travel hubs, I'm noticing how almost all of the airports have gone hi-tech, offereing Internet kiosks and places for laptops to access the Internet. Unfortunately, the WiFi (wireless internet) connections are not free. Wired magazine just carried an article extoling the virtues of free WiFi as a business model - thinking of it as condiments at a restaurant. My last entry was from Bryant Park in NYC. They're listed on NYCwireless, whose mission is to "Provide Free Public Wireless Internet Service to mobile users in public spaces throughout the New York City metro area."
Public goods... like our government health care program (universal medicare), the police, the fire department, parks...
How do you think public goods in the wireless generation can be nurtured, developed, and brought into widespread public adoption?