Fantastic, but unattributed quote [update – source]  from the ETech backchannel, picked up by (the other) Dan Dickinson.    Supposedly, virtual worlds will eventually be our interface for everything online, a far friendlier and more fun and “easier” interface than, say, eBay. This is, when you think about it, a crock of shit; when I want to buy a shirt, I for sure don’t want to walk through a virtual mall. In fact, the reason I go online to buy a shirt is to avoid walking through a goddamn mall. Give me quick access to your shirts and swift checkout, and I’m a … Continue reading Thoughts on virtual reality, and e-commerce

 Interesting survey with Orwellian conclusions that need some thought.  First the survey. Survey Results highlights: 87 percent of office workers access Web 2.0 sites each week, with 63 percent accessing the sites one or more times a day;  51 percent of office workers spend one or more hours a week using and accessing Web 2.0 sites when at work; 46 percent of office workers have discussed work-related issues on social media websites; 71 percent of office workers use Web-based email at work for personal reasons; and  50 per cent of office workers believe that employees should be entitled to access … Continue reading Web 2.0 or 1984 – which way is right?

 Just when you were getting comfortable, look out.  Consider a browser that works offline as well as on.  As someone who is never offline, even I need to get my mind around this, but there is enough work ocurring here, I am open minded enough to think it must be for a reason.  The Apollo team from Adobe is here at ETech, presenting the Alpha version of their new runtime environment – which is aimed at empowering web developers to create desktop applications. Apollo is a lightweight virtual machine that runs on the desktop and acts as an interpreter of … Continue reading Technology update | Adobe Apollo & Firefox 3 will redefine browsers