Comments on: CIL2010: Dead and Innovative Technology http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2010/04/deadtech.html Amazingly informed & therefore properly opinionated. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dead and Innovative Technology « Matt Phillips http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2010/04/deadtech.html/comment-page-1#comment-13874 Dead and Innovative Technology « Matt Phillips Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:54:55 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=13275#comment-13874 [...] Sarah Houghton-Jan [...] [...] Sarah Houghton-Jan [...]

]]> By: Winnie http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2010/04/deadtech.html/comment-page-1#comment-13822 Winnie Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:16:16 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=13275#comment-13822 I'm thinking that not everyone is using the word "dead" the way I would. Censorship is not really dead, we just want it to be. And I wonder at David Lee King saying cell phones that are only phones are dead. What he is advocating is lack of choice. I has a mobile that is only a mobile and I rarely use it - it is essentially my elderly mother's life line. I spend $10/month on pay as you go. I also have an iPod touch that does everything I need a mobile device to do including wireless Internet access which is easier and easier to find even out here in the back of beyond. Why the figging hell would I pay $50 to $100 month ontop of the price of a smart phone? Too often those people we call "techies" forget that many, many people cannot afford the technology they are advocating. So, it should be about choice. Only need a phone? Well, here you go. Need something more? We got that too. I’m thinking that not everyone is using the word “dead” the way I would. Censorship is not really dead, we just want it to be. And I wonder at David Lee King saying cell phones that are only phones are dead. What he is advocating is lack of choice. I has a mobile that is only a mobile and I rarely use it – it is essentially my elderly mother’s life line. I spend $10/month on pay as you go. I also have an iPod touch that does everything I need a mobile device to do including wireless Internet access which is easier and easier to find even out here in the back of beyond. Why the figging hell would I pay $50 to $100 month ontop of the price of a smart phone? Too often those people we call “techies” forget that many, many people cannot afford the technology they are advocating. So, it should be about choice. Only need a phone? Well, here you go. Need something more? We got that too.

]]> By: Alvin http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2010/04/deadtech.html/comment-page-1#comment-13820 Alvin Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:47:19 +0000 http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/?p=13275#comment-13820 Love the site. First time commenter. I whole-heartedly disagree with anyone that thinks flash is dead. HTML5 might be able to unify internet video, but it doesn't do games. There are a lot of people on Kongregate, Armor Games, etc. who will notice if Flash dies. HTML5 is not necessarily the future. There's still doubt as to whether it will even catch on. Youtube will probably migrate, but if they don't (like if Google decides to stick it to Apple), then HTML5's video dies. Love the site. First time commenter.

I whole-heartedly disagree with anyone that thinks flash is dead. HTML5 might be able to unify internet video, but it doesn’t do games. There are a lot of people on Kongregate, Armor Games, etc. who will notice if Flash dies. HTML5 is not necessarily the future. There’s still doubt as to whether it will even catch on. Youtube will probably migrate, but if they don’t (like if Google decides to stick it to Apple), then HTML5′s video dies.

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