The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed yet

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Thomas Purves

I love that little inventions like the internets were invented nearly 30 years ago and yet we’re still figuring out, and still will continue to figure out wonderful things to do with them.

The distribution is here, the future just isn’t evenly invented yet
If the future is distribution, are we here yet?
The future is like a series of tubes
The distribution is the future
The medium is the message

Just incidentally, here was one more wonderful and inspiring thing we discovered that you can do internet, just earlier this week. link link link

Also, because you should know, this link is awesome (if you don’t value the rest of your afternoon): Timeline of inventions I’m don’t know how that’s related.

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#hohoto the tech event of the season

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Thomas Purves

description via leila:

HoHoTo

That’s the Toronto Technology Party we are planning! In Toronto, on Tuesday December 16. Of course this is a last minute thing, but we are used to it; we bring you DemoCamp, Mesh and all sorts of Toronto geek gatherings so we are used to putting our heads together and getting things done.

We need you to get the word out to everyone in the software/technology space in Toronto as we would love to see everyone before the year end. The number of tickets for the party is limited so getting your ticket is a must – ’cause begging ain’t gonna to get you in the door.

When: Tuesday December 16, 2008 starting at 19:00

Where: The ModClub

Who: Geeks! and everyone else.

You are all welcome to join us. All proceeds from the party will go to supporting the Toronto Daily Food Bank. More details to come your way in the very near future but don’t let that stop you from getting your ticket(s) now.


In the first 24hrs we’ve sold 100 tickets and raised over $1000 dollars. keep it going!

Official website (which I swear didn’t even exist yesterday, amazing): hohoto.ca

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Apparently no one really wants to reboot their socks

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Bruce sterling used to regale us with stories of ubicomp that one day everything would be connected and aware. Computation everywhere “in the morning I won’t have to look for my shoes, I’ll just google them”. It’s been argued (I’ve argued it) that, one day, even your socks will have IP addresses. Of course, the more complicated technology gets the more ways it can be brittle (rebooted your blackberry yet today?).

Anyway, fast forward to the trough of disillusionment, and a funny post today from uber-hacker Julian Bleeker:

Seriously. Anytime I hear the alpha futurist-y featurists get all excited about some kind of idea for how the new ubicomp networked world will be so much more simpler and seamless and bug-free, I want to punch someone in the eye. They sound like a 5 year old who whines that they want a pink pony for their birthday. Ferchrissake.

Apparently, in the ubicomp future, we should look forward to force-quitting and reboot our socks a lot.

enjoy: Ubicomp is like a 5 year old wishing for a pink pony

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