Jun 8
There has been a lot of talk in the press this week about the new Apple iCloud announced at the Apple WWDC.
But it is this article in the Register that prompted me to comment.
Now this article goes on about how if all your documents, music, contacts etc etc etc are in the iCloud, you won’t need terabytes of local storage thus the comment about the demise of the hard drive market. Read more
May 8
I am a big fan of TED because of some of the truly inspirational speakers you can find there. Indeed once you have found it, you will spend many hours watching people who you may never have heard about before speaking on subjects you have never had an interest in before.
So here is one such inspirational talk that made me stop dead on a Sunday afternoon.
Eric Whitacre is a composer. Have a look at his website and see the sort of thing he does however it was his talk on TED that caught my attention.
Simply put, over 2000 people from all around the world have recorded their own part of Erics composition and this has then been edited together to create a Virtual Choir. The result really is amazing and shows that sometimes, a connected and joined up world can create something truly beautiful.
Here is the finished result but please, view the TED talk first as it just makes the whole experience more special
Enjoy
Mar 20
Every now and then, some IT company releases a video showing their view of the future. Quite often these involve displays embedded in mirrors or work surfaces.
So this video is a little different at it is made my Corning who make glass and ceramics. In other words, the very material that underpins all the display technologies.
Now when these videos first started being churned out a few years ago, we marvelled at how cool the future looked. Today however many of these technologies exist and whilst still too expensive for mainstream use like the video shows, it can only be a matter of time before prices fall and we are all speaking to granny via our kitchen worktop.
Enjoy
Feb 21
Maybe this is me not moving with the times but I have noticed more and more that the Internet is changing from something I read to something I watch and I am not convinced I like it.
So I was reading this blog post the other day where K.B talks about the apparent dumbing down of news broadcast. The main point being around how many news websites actually decide to use video rather than text to get that message across but how often those videos are preceded by advertisements that you simply can’t ignore.
To quote
Is this part of the dumbing down of America? People who can’t read (or are too lazy) and need the news read to them?
So this got me thinking about the way I use the internet and how this sort of change is affecting me and I have to agree with a lot of the points made however I think it is more than just news broadcasters.
Feb 13
In my last posting I discussed how Mozy had changed their game plan in light of what are clear financial difficulties that they are facing into and how my renewal cost is going to jump from $100 to $528!
Now I use Mozy as a secondary backup. I have a server sitting in the corner of my office and all the PCs in the house backup up to that on a daily basis. This protects me against events such as hard drive failures, accidental deletion of files and so on.
What it does not protect me from however is events such as theft, fire or flood. In these types of event, the chances are that if my home PC were destroyed or lost, my server doing the backups would suffer the same fate. It is for this reason off site backup is essential for both businesses and individuals.
So this is where Mozy came in.
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