Perpetual Change
March 22, 2010
Presentation Materials
- PowerPoint Presentation (23 MB)
- delicious.com/markgr
- twitter.com/markgr
Contact Information
Mark Greenfield
Director of Web Services
Mail Drop: 109 Norton Hall
Office Location: 454 Porter Hall
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y. 14260
Phone: (716)645-2811
Fax: (716)645-7761
Email: markgr@buffalo.edu
Abstract
Technology marches on. As Moore’s law collides with Metcalfe’s law, the web we see today and the devices we use to access it will become unrecognizable. Will the promise of the social web, the mobile web, the semantic web, and the real-time web be fully realized? Will the singularity become reality? What are the implications of ubiquitous computing? It may be time to rethink a few things. Join Mark Greenfield as he looks into the crystal ball at the long-term future of the web and the implications for higher education.
Recommended Books
- Greenfield, Adam. Everyware. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2006
- Kurzweil, Ray.The Singularity is Near. New York NY: Penquin, 2005
- Morville, Peter. Ambient Findability. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, 2005
- Tapscott, Don. Grown Up Digital. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008
- Weinberger, David. Everything is Miscellaneous. New York, NY, Time Books, 2007
Web Resources
The Singularity
- Transcendent Man Film Trailer
- transcendentman.com
- Moore’s Law (from Wikipedia)
- Is voice becoming the new text (again)?
- Minority Report In Your Living Room: Gestural Interface Computers “Five Years” Away
- The future of brain-controlled devices – CNN.comFuture shock: The PC of 2019
Everyware
- The next big thing: The Web as your servant
- 8 Ways to Better Understand the Internet of Things
- 6 Ways to Better Living: Inside an Internet of Things Home
- The Tweeting House: Twitter + Internet of Things
- Virtual Tour of Bill Gates House
- Adidas miCoach, Nike+, sensor devices get people exercising
- Internet of Things Explained (Video)
- Loopt
- MIT iFIND
- eSuds
- Zipcar
Time
- Speed in the Feed: Google Reader and PubSubHubbub
- Ice Rocket
- When Real Time Is *Not* Fast Enough: The Intention Web
- Plancast
Ambient Connectivity
- Layar
- Mirror Worlds Video from Georgia Tech
- Metcalfe’s Law
- The Birthday Paradox
- foursquare
- gowalla
- ShoutEm – Roll your own Mobile and Location Based Social Network
- Please Rob Me: Site Shows Dangers of Foursquare, Twitter – TIME
- Even your dog can tweet
Convergence