What I did at AT&T

The Cambridge AT&T lab was a great place to work. It went through several identity changes while I was there, starting as Olivetti Research Ltd, becoming the Olivetti & Oracle Research Lab, and then finally being bought by AT&T. I'd had connections with the lab for a long time, and worked there as a full-time employee from finishing my PhD in early 1996 until the lab closed in 2002.

I worked on VNC for a couple of years, writing the original Windows and Windows CE viewer, and the first Windows VNC server. Here's the video we made about VNC:

And here are H.264-based MP4 versions which you can right-click and save to disk:
Good quality (67MB) Small (32MB)

I started the Broadband Phone project in early 1999. (more info) That was great fun! Fast-moving, high-profile within AT&T;, and got lots of attention. People like gadgets. Once the project grew to a certain size, though, there was more creative energy going into business plans than into innovation and I felt it was time to move on.

I spent some time investigating next-generation web technologies (XML and related systems and protocols, IM, P2P architectures, etc), and exploring various aspects of mobile computing and internet appliances.

My last area of endeavour was on the Augmented Vehicles project, where we were designing more intelligent in-car systems to try and make time spent on the move more productive, safe, educational and enjoyable. Sadly, this project was short-lived, starting only a few months before the rather unexpected demise of the Lab.

I created an information site at XORL.org as a future point of contact for the Lab's former projects & people.