Amazed there has been no comment here on this issue. (My excuse for missing it is it came out on my birthday). So here I go.
The mobile carriers, the cable companies, the TV companies, the satellite companies, the call carriers, makers of network switches, phone exchanges, mobile handsets, software makers, search companies, GPS makers, chip designers, geodata providers, music companies, computer companies... just to name a few of the current obvious players, ALL WANT TO CREATE THAT NEW INDUSTRY with themselves at the centre.
The entity has yet to be created - perhaps it'll be chips we can plug into out wrists, and a set of gloves or glasses, and it'll probably use some kind of wireless spectrum - but how the term 'communications' will be viewed in even 30 years from now will be very different from today, and is in my view likely to be defined by a 'Black Swan' type of innovation, such as when Google created AdSense.
After all, in 1977, the facsimile machine was still largely unheard of, albeit it being based on an 1843 patent from Scotsman Alexander Bain. The first computer fax board appeared in 1985, and I came across a CD for WinFax software just the other day when clearing some IT junk - but I think I last sent a fax about three years ago, and dropped the fax number from my stationery and correspondence last year.
I still have my fax as the still come to me
I think we should call it 2cansstring.com, as it is based on one of the original working communication systems. However, this system was ok for voice, video is a living bitch
The way in which people choose to communicate will create new industries, not the other way around. If you in the fields of research in new communication technologies then focus on what technologies yield the most compelling communication experience. This is an interesting graph: http://www.ramius.net/managedcollaboration/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/se...
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February 13, 2008 at 11:09am
David PetherickAmazed there has been no comment here on this issue. (My excuse for missing it is it came out on my birthday). So here I go.
The mobile carriers, the cable companies, the TV companies, the satellite companies, the call carriers, makers of network switches, phone exchanges, mobile handsets, software makers, search companies, GPS makers, chip designers, geodata providers, music companies, computer companies... just to name a few of the current obvious players, ALL WANT TO CREATE THAT NEW INDUSTRY with themselves at the centre.
The entity has yet to be created - perhaps it'll be chips we can plug into out wrists, and a set of gloves or glasses, and it'll probably use some kind of wireless spectrum - but how the term 'communications' will be viewed in even 30 years from now will be very different from today, and is in my view likely to be defined by a 'Black Swan' type of innovation, such as when Google created AdSense.
After all, in 1977, the facsimile machine was still largely unheard of, albeit it being based on an 1843 patent from Scotsman Alexander Bain. The first computer fax board appeared in 1985, and I came across a CD for WinFax software just the other day when clearing some IT junk - but I think I last sent a fax about three years ago, and dropped the fax number from my stationery and correspondence last year.
February 13, 2008 at 11:51am
Tim TymchyshynI still have my fax as the still come to me
I think we should call it 2cansstring.com, as it is based on one of the original working communication systems. However, this system was ok for voice, video is a living bitch
February 13, 2008 at 2:24pm
YL CatinoEver hear of unified communications?
February 14, 2008 at 1:18am
James McIntyreThe way in which people choose to communicate will create new industries, not the other way around. If you in the fields of research in new communication technologies then focus on what technologies yield the most compelling communication experience. This is an interesting graph: http://www.ramius.net/managedcollaboration/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/se...
February 14, 2008 at 3:33am
Kevin MildenIs this really that big of an idea?
"The future of ANYTHING will be defined by an industry yet to be created. "
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