It's just amazing how far the Internet and its killer applications have come, and for some people it's all happening within one's lifespan. The 1st gen killer

It's just amazing how far the Internet and its killer applications have come, and for some people it's all happening within one's lifespan. The 1st gen killer app: Telnet to remotely access time-sharing systems on expensive workstations. The 2nd gen killer app: Email to substitute snail mails. The 3rd gen killer app: Web based distributed documents to allow collaboration between researchers and collaborators in different countries. The 4th gen killer app: Instant messaging and VoIP to allow real-time global communication between anyone connected to the Internet. The 5th gen killer app: Video conference to allow cloud based virtual meeting and distance learning especially during pandemic. The 6th gen app: Still brewing but I think it'll be local-first applications to enable seamless collaboration and participation for everyone including those with unreliable intermittent Internet, minimum bandwidth and high delay connection [1]. [1]Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/ https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/