tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626900387591608808.post6952196894208765399..comments2023-10-03T06:30:44.614-05:00Comments on Jeremy Geelan's "New Web" Blog: Are We Witnessing the Death of Personal Computing?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554845955074271275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626900387591608808.post-72571973490003926082009-12-10T14:13:49.676-05:002009-12-10T14:13:49.676-05:00A majority could drown out a minority that has the...A majority could drown out a minority that has the truth with incorrect information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626900387591608808.post-87678584972691461122007-05-08T16:40:00.000-05:002007-05-08T16:40:00.000-05:00Jeremy thanks, you've explained what Web 2.0 is. I...Jeremy thanks, you've explained what Web 2.0 is. I was wondering....<BR/><BR/>I think iGoogle is pretty indicative of what Web 2.0 is all about. I use Google Video to publish videos, PageCreator to edit my homepage, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, PicasaWeb to share photos.<BR/>Amazon, Ebay, web access to my phone records and bank, internet shopping It's all part of the same thing.<BR/><BR/>It hardly matters what PC (or operating system) or device I log in using now. <BR/><BR/>I think you've nailed it in the title - although I think it's more of the death of the personal computer. Instead of being the thing you store your stuff on (stuff including apps), it becomes more like a telephone (that doesn't store your numbers).<BR/>If it breaks, get another one, your data is still on google's cloud.<BR/><BR/>This could be bad news for microsoft: stripped of the need for local applications beyond a browser, will you put up with the spyware, viruses and such hassle. Ubuntu and Debian Linux (www.goodbye-microsoft.com to install from inside windows) are powerful shocks to the foundation of windows I think.<BR/>(and they're so damn fast on the SAME hardware... and no DRM!!).Mid Wales Bloginatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605056121875164244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626900387591608808.post-38147176080230407432007-05-08T16:24:00.000-05:002007-05-08T16:24:00.000-05:00...and just what do you reach this new platform on......and just what do you reach this new platform on? For me, it's a PC. And I can hardly wait for the social networking site where we share all of our financial information and access codes. I've set up a site for this if you'd care to upload yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626900387591608808.post-49024218238454690882007-05-08T14:31:00.000-05:002007-05-08T14:31:00.000-05:00None of us can be sure that all of us will be able...None of us can be sure that all of us will be able to get to the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626900387591608808.post-35107592557792800772007-05-08T08:40:00.000-05:002007-05-08T08:40:00.000-05:00The Internet is only now a social space?Thanks to ...The Internet is only now a social space?<BR/><BR/>Thanks to the innovations of Digg, Flickr, et al?<BR/><BR/>Puh-leaze.<BR/><BR/>Personal computing isn't going anywhere and neither is the desktop.<BR/><BR/>Did a whole generation of Internet users miss out on usenet, mailing lists, irc, forums, MOOs/MUSHs, and blogs?<BR/><BR/>Did anyone not realize that it has always been a social space? That perhaps it was developed to.. gasp.. SHARE documents? To disseminate information, culture, ideas, etc?<BR/><BR/>Sites like Digg and all that fall under this meaningless wave of new words and terminology are not these huge paradigm shifts in the rifts of the Internet. The great world wide web has been around for decades now. There have been much bigger shifts. Historically speaking, HTTP and HTML was a far bigger shift.<BR/><BR/>The Internet itself in the history of computing was a big shift. The future is not likely a shift in how we use the Internet itself; but is more likely going to be ubiquitous networking or even further on, ubiquitous computing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com