The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We Know It – or ubiquity

Wired’s Article is interesting as it acknowledges we’re about to enter the ubiquitous computing age.

We won’t care much about the computer devices themselves since we’ll be more focused on the world of information

Our interactions with computers is about to change. We already flick between maybe 3 or 4 different computers throughout the day. Laptop to Phone, to iPad, to desktop PC all the time consuming the same information (Twitter, Facebook whatever) just on different OS’s different platforms each becoming less relevant to the us as the information we’re trying to consume.

The interesting piece now will be what other shapes and forms can computers morph into to allow us to consume the information?

Think BYOD is an issue? Wait for Stealth IT

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/webworkerdaily/~3/lirqhT52oO4/

The acronym BYOD, which stands for bring your own device, is taking over both corporate America and the press release filter in my inbox. But an analyst report out Monday suggests that BYOD has a…

Prometheus: brand new trailer shows scary things

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1345218/prometheus_brand_new_trailer_shows_scary_things.html

Brace yourself, dear reader: here be monsters. After months of tiny flashes of shadowy things, giant space faces, and the eerie hootings of cosmic owls (or at least, that’s what they sound like), the…

Telefonica launches Tu Me for iPhone with free VoIP calling and messaging

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/8/3007839/telefonica-tu-me-free-iphone-communication-app

It’s not often you see a wireless carrier launch an app that directly competes with its core services, but that seems to be just what the Madrid-based Telefónica is doing with Tu Me, a new…

My yorkshire puds

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When You’re Constantly Checking Your Email, You’re Putting Your Needs Behind Everyone Else’s

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Roaqv-Cvs3U/when-youre-constantly-checking-your-email-youre-putting-your-needs-behind-everyone-elses

As we noted last week, email is not the problem—we are. And it’s not just the productivity drain or the antisocial effects of constantly checking our phones and computers for new messages.…

On tools, their use, and how to avoid fetishizing them

I found this interesting and read it on Readability http://speedbird.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/on-tools-their-use-and-how-to-avoid-fetishizing-them/

The other day I got mail asking me to contribute to something called usesthis, a site that asks a (frankly fairly homogeneous) selection of creative workers to describe their “setup”…

Burning off energy at the shops

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I’m at Eaton Park! http://4sq.com/9VFNAZ

Steak!

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