Jonathan and Jim talk about the development and use of digital signatures. They move on to talk about free email services, voice recognition, voice synthesis, and money saving technology for small businesses.

Wally and Jim sort through all the cyber-hype, and talk about what you should be doing to make sure that you are as successful and productive on-line as possible, including the difference between e-commerce and on-line transactions.

Jonathan helps Jim discuss information technology policy, software, and hardware. The first issue on their list is broad bandwidth connectivity, a VERY important issue which, when this level of connectivity is standard, our culture and our world will change significantly. They move on to talk about online privacy, especially in the workplace.

Jim asks Jonathan about his visit to Silicon Valley with 20 legislators to talk with leading technology companies about government's role in the new marketplace. They move on to talk about the move from storage and processing power on your desktop PC to having those capabilities reside online on servers. They also discuss the progress being made in hand-held computers.

Wally talks to Jim about how the virtual office has changed the way we work.

Mary tells Jim what an ezine is, and how to market your business with them.

Gabe joins Jim to talk about some of the new capability available in the telecomm and voice communication industry.

Phillipa joins Jim to discuss how to use email effectively in your small business, how to create a domain name, plus other on-line issues.

Wally talks with Jim about how to set up a multi-computer network on a small scale by the use of existing phone lines, infra-red, and other wireless connections, plus various technological convergence issues.

Phillipa and Jim discuss how to understand and manage the information we get from the statistics component of our web site manager, and how to develop a strategy for your website.