If Welcome to Web 3.0! is what the World Wide Web is destined to become a decade from now then I’m going back to Usenet and Gopher. [Via Memex 1.1]
Tag: Technology
Eyes on the skies
From Geometric Analysis Reveals How Birds Mastered Flight: Many of the somersaulting, spinning and plummeting maneuvers that birds have mastered aren’t ones that anyone would want to experience in a passenger aircraft. But uncrewed aerial vehicles, also known as UAVs or drones, are freer to make drastic maneuvers, and their increasing popularity for military, scientific,… Continue reading Eyes on the skies
Excel eSports
If you watched ESPN2 during its stint last weekend as “ESPN8: The Ocho,” you may have seen some odd, meme-friendly competitions, including corgi racing, precision paper airplane tossing, and slippery stair climbing. Or you might have seen “,” a tournament in which an unexpected full-column Flash Fill is announced like a 50-yard Hail Mary. […] Having… Continue reading Excel eSports
Put away
Hell, yes! The future needs files… For many mobile users, files are like dinosaurs, a holdover from the bygone desktop era. Sure, they “work” but, they’re mostly there because, you know, ancient history. I’ve discussed this issue for the last 2 years and I usually get some version of “get over it grandpa”. I’m not… Continue reading Put away
Earth.fm
Earth.fm. Like Spotify / Apple Music / Amazon Music, but for nature soundscapes. A nice soundscape while I’ve been at home today. Looking forward to trying it out at work when I’m back in the office tomorrow. [Via swissmiss]
Dave Winer, Revolutionary
Dave Winer wants publishing platforms to stop locking writers into using the platforms’ own writing tools to compose content:1 I’d like to see someone like Substack or Medium, for example, who says “Write your stuff in your favorite writing tool, export it in Markdown, and give us the link. We’ll take it from there.” That… Continue reading Dave Winer, Revolutionary
Some people
Let’s see how long it takes for Amazon Go-style technologies to spread to other retailers. How long will it take for the rest of us to learn from the attitudes of … some people. (Normally my reaction would be that it’ll be a long time before such technologies get deployed anywhere I regularly shop, but… Continue reading Some people
The Future
Happy Valentine’s Day from Facebook: Happy Valentine’s Day! Just logging in for a quick scroll? Take your time. You’re not on here as much as you used to be. Still, we’ll never forget you. In fact, we at Facebook love celebrating the moments and people you’ve worked really hard to forget. So now that you’re… Continue reading The Future
Insane and Ludicrous
Reading this article about The lost history of the electric car – and what it tells us about the future of transport raises an interesting question: [Aas more people bought private cars…] electric vehicles took on a new connotation: they were women’s cars. This association arose because they were suitable for short, local trips, did… Continue reading Insane and Ludicrous
Go! Go! Go!
I defy you not to cheer while watching this: Go, little car, go… [Via Memex 1.1]