The Interactive Device for the Information Age I was just reading an article I published in the New Telecom Quarterly in 1996. The paper is worth reading in my opinion. It has to do with the government’s role in creating what was at that time called the National Information Infrastructure or as Al Gore called … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Post PC Period
Here I discuss life in the post PC period. I will cover both the effects on companies and individuals. Most of the emphase will be on the consumer.
The information Furnace
Around 1994 I was speaking of the possibility of developing what I called the information furnace. I used the anology of central heating and said that the idea of having homes with multiple computers each having their own programs and disks was kind of like how the Brits heated their homes. I was … Continue reading
Is user created content the next CB Radio
Check wikipedia for an interesting history of Citizen Band radio. It was an amazing phenomenon in which consumers chatted with each other. Even “chat rooms” developed. But it was not the CB radio but the cellular phone that survived and transformed all our lives (about a billion cell phones are sold a year). Now a … Continue reading
The End of the PC Era
We are entering the fourth era of computing. The fist was the main frame lead by IBM; the second was the mini computer lead by Digital Equipment (where I worked) and the third was the PC which was lead by the combination of Microsoft and Intel. I am afraid the run Intel and Microsoft had … Continue reading
If microsoft made paint, we would still be waiting for it to dry
Good article in the NYT’s on Steve Berkowitz (the person in charge of Microsoft’s online business) struggle to make Microsoft’s online business relevant to users. There was one quote that I really appreciated which really explains Apple (not my favorite company) recent sucesses. He said: “A lot of decisions were driven by technology; they were not … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 