most people over 30 have trouble grasping why would want digital version of yourself posted 15 Dec ’06, 6.51am MST PST on flickr There used to be all this talk of the “digital divide” and it was between the haves & the have-nots in terms of what they could afford. But I think there is an even bigger gulf in mindset between the generations. It’s the difference between “digital natives” and “digital immigrants” as per Rupert Murdoch www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/322112273/ I adore this image because I think it gives you a spark of one reason why you might want a digital version of yourself. It’s from SecondLife. Someone has set up a place there where, when your second life character walks in, it’s appears as if it’s surrounded by the real life place. There’s already talk of ‘virtual tourism’ thanks to Google Earth. Imagine when that’s combined with this type of graphics [...]
CogBlogged from ‘July, 2007’
I’m an x.1, Maybe x.2 Version Sort of Person
It’s Monday, and I do not have an iPhone. The forecast is more of the same, for a long time. The mania, pro/con commentary is impressive for the sheer amount of energy generated/expended. Seriously, when was the time people camped out for a phone (yes, I know it is more than a phone)? And there is no shortage of opinions on the extreme ends of the continuum, of which I am grateful camped out right in the middle. It’s not so bad to be without the shiny toys (that’s what we tlel ourselves, applying band aids over the ego. To shatter some techno myths aboout this dog, I rarely, rarely, like almost never, ever go after first releases of software/hardware. I like to see how the dust settles. I clung on to Mac OS 9 for quite some time after 10.0, maybe after 10.1. I was late to get an [...]
