When I was a kid we used to play the “Alligator” game. We’d pull all of the sofa cushions off onto the floor. Then we’d leap gleefully from one cushion to another all the while cautioning each other that if you fell in the alligator pit you’d be eaten alive. Web browsing has become a lot like the “Alligator” game.
Tripping down memory lane…
Somethings really don’t change. I pulled up the homepage for the web design company I ran from 1997-2001 on the “Internet Way Back Machine“. I was one of the very few web designers in Montana from 1997-2001 (when I relocated to California) Anyway, back in the day I was a cheeky young college student (and then College instructor) with visions…
Calendaring
I want an online Calendar. Currently I use a paper calendar and the calendar in Outlook. I don’t print my outlook calendar. I just use it for the reminders and for inviting people to my meetings. It’s a work thing. Work standardized on Outlook so who am I to argue? The paper calendar is convenient because I can take it…
Approaching Infinity (or at least the speed of light)
Bandwidth Storage Space Processing Power As these become limitless it changes the way we work with computers. I suppose that’s the premise of Web2.0 (assuming there’s a premise beyond the hype). The elimination of these three bottlenecks promotes Time-Shifting, Place-Shifting and People-Shifting.
3.5″ Floppy disks
Today, I got the following call from my boss: Boss: At the all-hands meeting today I want you to discuss {big proprietary feature that was just completed}. Me: I thought {co-worker} was going to discuss that? Boss: She’s not in today. Me: Oh. So this is for the meeting in [check clock] 16 minutes? Boss: Yup. But it doesn’t need…