February 10, 2005
The Revolution is Over, Long Live the Evolution!
Seth's Blog: Why this "Internet thing" is just starting
I agree with Seth's posting and he cites some interesting reasons for his assertion. I think that #5 (wifi) might be the most important proposition. To compare to books: Books did not really take off with the printing press, they took off when book binding advanced many, many years later. Before cheap, light-weight binding, books were too heavy and expensive to lug around so they were chained to pulpits, libraries, etc. (see the analogy?)
Usually a single technology seems revolutionary but it is only when a confluence of technologies come together that the most massive changes occur. (and this takes much longer than early evangelists think it will).
Posted by Rovy at February 10, 2005 4:44 PM