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Tangentially in around 2006 I was loosely involved with a Nokia effort based on the concept that in the future everyone would have a blog. You would take pictur

Tangentially in around 2006 I was loosely involved with a Nokia effort based on the concept that in the future everyone would have a blog. You would take pictures and share them, publish your location and so on. The fun begins when you realize they meant everyone host their blogs themselves . . . on their phones. There was a server project (called Raccoon iirc) and you could extend it with python scripts all on top of Symbian. It was beautifully mad but surprisingly educational. (I added GPS support and some usage of Bluetooth beacons when inside which had to be made up as there wasn’t a known standard at the time). It’s worth considering why exactly such an idea strikes us as so completely mad now.

ProllyInfamous 3y ago
>It’s worth considering why exactly such an idea strikes us as so completely mad now. As one such esoteric thought: the "more attractive" a person was, the more frequent they would have to re-charge their cell phone (since it was acting as server). Some of the most-popular eTHOTs' phones would probably drain in just minutes (male or female, but particularly the latter).
crazygringo 3y ago
> It’s worth considering why exactly such an idea strikes us as so completely mad now. Because a web server that doesn't work when you're in a tunnel or on a flight or out of battery is one of the worst possible choices for a web server? And the additional drain on your battery. So "completely mad" still seems to fit. ;)