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I was very suprised by his first answer: If you look with a squinty eye at most of personal computing today, you'll see we're basically just automating paper—u
by bayareaguy 18y ago
I was very suprised by his first answer:
If you look with a squinty eye at most of personal computing today, you'll see we're basically just automating paper—using digital versions of documents and mail.
but then I noticed that the article is dated April/May 2003.
- david927 18y agoCould you elaborate on that?
- bayareaguy 18y agoandreyf's comment got the gist of it. I think personal computing should exclude things most people may only do for work like programming, writing reports or filling out forms even if those kinds of things were often the "killer apps" for personal computers when they first appeared 25+ years ago. These days personal computing is more about the seamless integration of processing with personal and social activities which is why companies like Apple, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc are doing well.
- andreyf 18y agothe seamless integration Seamless hardly! I have to update my status on facebook and twitter separately, upload my photos to picasaweb and facebook separately, check my e-mail, my facebook mail, my news.YC threads, my reddit threads (or mail, whatever they call it). Yuk!
- andreyf 18y agobut then I noticed that the article is dated April/May 2003 It's amazing how much has changed in the past 5 years. The web has definitely moved into a more social direction - message boards aren't a place where you post, they're a place you hang out. The 'net is morphing into a social environment, not completely unlike the one those envisioned in fiction [1] just 15 years ago. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse