The Heartbreak of MiFi
Why I was so excited about MiFi, and how it broke my heart.
Why I was so excited about MiFi, and how it broke my heart.
Q: How has technology changed in the past 10 years?
A: The biggest technology change of the last 10 years is the proliferation of the internet into mainstream society. It started with the widespread adoption of email. From that modest foothold, the internet grew to become what it is today: the de-facto medium for human communication.
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As we approach the end of another year, it occurred to me that a few emerging trends could combine to bring about an evolutionary change. And, no, I didn’t mean to type ‘revolutionary’ – this is huge.
1) The Semantic Web
The so-called “semantic web” is a relatively simple set of design principles that has been slowly [...]
In my work with building social networking sites and integrating with existing sites, a number of “next wave” concepts come to mind. Here are three of them:
The inherent security flaws of the web need to be overcome.
User data needs to become more portable.
Intellectual property concerns are a big issue.
In my experience building social networking sites (TwelveTwentyfive.com and iTookThisToday.com) and integrating with other social networking sites (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr, Plaxo, etc.), I have personally observed the desire among users for cross-site access to data. Users want to create their content on the site that best suits their needs. However, if their friends are [...]