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From time-to-time, I publish additional writings (usually rants) on Medium. Click on a post below to open the Medium article in a separate tab.

  • Blockcast: On a Mission To Democratize Content Delivery (And Improve Streaming For Everyone)

    There’s a well-known problem with streaming: capacity is shrinking as demand skyrockets. This leads to poor viewer experiences — more buffering, slower start times, and degraded video quality — especially as more viewers join the stream. […]

  • The Story of Blockast: How It All Started (Part 2)

    The Explosive Growth of Streaming and Open CachingThe pandemic hit just a few months after I embarked on the journey to provide multicast services to the transportation industry, bringing the world to halt. Alongside the chaos and uncertainty, […]

  • The Story of Blockcast: A Journey to Connect the World (Part 1)

    The Early YearsI grew up in the shadow of the telecommunications industry. In fact, I’m a third-generation telecom. My grandfather worked for Telecom Egypt, and my uncle was a telecom professor in Saudi Arabia where my parents emigrated, and I was […]

  • What’s The Real Difference Between The Left and the Right in the U.S.?

    It’s probably not what you think.Adobe StockThe widening gap between political parties in the United States isn’t about what you might think.It’s most definitely not about fiscal policies or governmental overreach or education.It’s really not […]

  • Democracy Is Now The Government of the Dictator

    Image from Adobe StockAbraham Lincoln once famously said,Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.But with the recent Supreme Court decision regarding presidential immunity for criminal acts committed during office, we […]

  • Airbnb: A Plague In American Neighborhoods?

    A sign against short-term rentals stands outside of the home of Dolores Serroka in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Photo by Emil T. Lippe.First, let me start off by saying that Airbnb is a great service. My wife and I use it frequently when […]

  • The One Thing That’s Fundamentally Wrong With the American Legal System

    Humans.That’s the core problem with our courts today. Humans are in charge. Humans with opinions. Humans with dispositions. Humans with perspectives shaped by personal experiences. Humans with bias, with feelings, and, most importantly, […]

  • For This Fourth of July: Freedom, the Social Contract, Masks, and the Failure of American Education

    Photo provided by artisteer at iStockPhotoIt seems apropos on the weekend celebrating the independence of the American colonies, that we talk about freedom, what that means within the context of living together, and, more importantly, how the current […]

  • bullets and bricks

    change starts with wordsyou can askthen begthen arguethen curse then claimthen remindthen apologize.over and over again like some record skipping maddeningly on the part of the song we all know and hate at the same time100 years200 years300 yearsmorebut […]

  • This Is Not a Manifesto

    “But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are […]

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