Comments for Differential Progression http://alex.kavanagh.name Random thoughts, differential progress ... Wed, 11 May 2011 11:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on So Microsoft is buying Skype … by Ross R http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/05/so-microsoft-is-buying-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Ross R Wed, 11 May 2011 11:50:54 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=280#comment-1163 I agree that Microsoft wouldn't be spending that kind of money without expecting a big payback. However, I'd say they are only the second most anti-cross-platform technology provider, behind apple. One point I think you missed is that anyone pushing VOIP on mobiles is going to have a tough time convincing the network operators, although Skype has made some progress on this front. I agree that Microsoft wouldn’t be spending that kind of money without expecting a big payback. However, I’d say they are only the second most anti-cross-platform technology provider, behind apple.

One point I think you missed is that anyone pushing VOIP on mobiles is going to have a tough time convincing the network operators, although Skype has made some progress on this front.

]]> Comment on So Microsoft is buying Skype … by Stan Fraser http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/05/so-microsoft-is-buying-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 Stan Fraser Wed, 11 May 2011 10:54:37 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=280#comment-1162 I think you nailed it when you mentioned patents. Any means possible to stifle competition and inovation seems to be the Microsoft Method. I would imagine the open source comunity is fuming I think you nailed it when you mentioned patents. Any means possible to stifle competition and inovation seems to be the Microsoft Method. I would imagine the open source comunity is fuming

]]> Comment on Rant: Just because something is hard … by paulc http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/03/rant-just-because-something-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 paulc Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:32:05 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=272#comment-1154 ... Will this be on the exam? … Will this be on the exam?

]]> Comment on Rant: Just because something is hard … by alex http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/03/rant-just-because-something-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 alex Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:28:42 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=272#comment-1153 Yes, very true. We tend to get out what we put in to things. The thing that really gets me is the thought that it ought to be easy; why on earth would someone think learning a foreign language to a reasonable standard in 12 months would be 'easy'. Of course it's going to take up a lot of time. Yes, very true. We tend to get out what we put in to things. The thing that really gets me is the thought that it ought to be easy; why on earth would someone think learning a foreign language to a reasonable standard in 12 months would be ‘easy’. Of course it’s going to take up a lot of time.

]]> Comment on Rant: Just because something is hard … by Brian Ronald http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/03/rant-just-because-something-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Brian Ronald Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:39:42 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=272#comment-1149 I see the same thing in any infomercial for any physical exercise equipment. Mind or body, exercise requires effort. There aren't any short cuts. There couldn't be. I see the same thing in any infomercial for any physical exercise equipment. Mind or body, exercise requires effort. There aren’t any short cuts. There couldn’t be.

]]> Comment on The facebook problem by Ymerce » Het stenen tijdperk van de sociale netwerkdiensten http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/02/the-facebook-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Ymerce » Het stenen tijdperk van de sociale netwerkdiensten Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:55:36 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=227#comment-1094 [...] over privacy en het verhandelen van gebruikersdata. Sebastian reageerde met een link naar een blogpost over ‘The Facebook Problem’ van Alex Kavanagh. En daar wordt een punt aangesneden waar [...] [...] over privacy en het verhandelen van gebruikersdata. Sebastian reageerde met een link naar een blogpost over ‘The Facebook Problem’ van Alex Kavanagh. En daar wordt een punt aangesneden waar [...]

]]> Comment on The facebook problem by Links 28/2/2011: Android Tablets Get a Lot Cheaper | Techrights http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/02/the-facebook-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Links 28/2/2011: Android Tablets Get a Lot Cheaper | Techrights Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:39:35 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=227#comment-1088 [...] The facebook problem Facebook has obtained more than $500M from investors to grow facebook.com to the size it is today, and has not taken a single penny from any of its users. In order to pay back the investors for their extraordinary risky investment, the investors must be looking for something like 10x cash back. That’s more than $5 billion! Of course it’s currently valued at over $50B. Just hold that thought for a second. [...] [...] The facebook problem Facebook has obtained more than $500M from investors to grow facebook.com to the size it is today, and has not taken a single penny from any of its users. In order to pay back the investors for their extraordinary risky investment, the investors must be looking for something like 10x cash back. That’s more than $5 billion! Of course it’s currently valued at over $50B. Just hold that thought for a second. [...]

]]> Comment on The facebook problem by alex http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/02/the-facebook-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 alex Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:08:38 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=227#comment-1087 Yes, I agree. Small steps are happening, and the evidence is in all of the projects that are trying to move towards a decentralised world, rather than silos. The main 'jump' is to make it all usable for the content creators; that's really where Facebook shines. Yes, I agree. Small steps are happening, and the evidence is in all of the projects that are trying to move towards a decentralised world, rather than silos. The main ‘jump’ is to make it all usable for the content creators; that’s really where Facebook shines.

]]> Comment on The facebook problem by Sebastian Hagens http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/02/the-facebook-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Sebastian Hagens Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:49:26 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=227#comment-1086 It is time for a world for every individual where he is totally in control what piece of informatie he shares, with whom, on which location and when; can update, replace, move, broke, repair, delete etc this information. This should be fully integrated in a computer operating system just like David Siegel visualizes. Time for a centralized individual web as a decentralized form against the big silo's of today and the past. We need a sort of a personal data store as a open standard utility for every user on the web. It will take a long breath but I'm sure it will be there for everyone on a day in the future. Before that worlds takes of we first do need to 1) aggregate what we have given away in the past 2) make our personal data smarter than today with metadata (like a FluidInfo layer) in a open standard like RDF 3) add the application layer for the end-user so he can do anything with it he would like What do you think? It is time for a world for every individual where he is totally in control what piece of informatie he shares, with whom, on which location and when; can update, replace, move, broke, repair, delete etc this information. This should be fully integrated in a computer operating system just like David Siegel visualizes.

Time for a centralized individual web as a decentralized form against the big silo’s of today and the past.

We need a sort of a personal data store as a open standard utility for every user on the web. It will take a long breath but I’m sure it will be there for everyone on a day in the future.
Before that worlds takes of we first do need to 1) aggregate what we have given away in the past 2) make our personal data smarter than today with metadata (like a FluidInfo layer) in a open standard like RDF 3) add the application layer for the end-user so he can do anything with it he would like

What do you think?

]]> Comment on The facebook problem by alex http://alex.kavanagh.name/2011/02/the-facebook-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 alex Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:45:22 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=227#comment-1085 Yes, for me, it's the privacy angle that is most worrying about Facebook. There's a book called "Capacity" by Tony Ballantyne, which amongst other things, explores what happens to humanity when artificial intelligence far outstrips our own intelligence. Essentially, humanity becomes managed, much how we look after our pets. In more prosaic (paranoid?) moments, I wonder whether Facebook is part of the nascent beginning of AI that will eventually come to control us without 'us' even knowing about it. Perhaps it's inevitable? Yes, for me, it’s the privacy angle that is most worrying about Facebook. There’s a book called “Capacity” by Tony Ballantyne, which amongst other things, explores what happens to humanity when artificial intelligence far outstrips our own intelligence.

Essentially, humanity becomes managed, much how we look after our pets. In more prosaic (paranoid?) moments, I wonder whether Facebook is part of the nascent beginning of AI that will eventually come to control us without ‘us’ even knowing about it. Perhaps it’s inevitable?

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