It's not about years. It's not about age. It's not about youth. It's about decline. And decline is about alignment, or not. Decline is about, in this moment, which way am I forking? In this moment, which way am I forking? In this moment, which way am I forking? That's all it's about. - Abraham Hicks
Decline - a wonderful word, rhymes with recline, another favorite...
I fear we are now in an Age of Decline only because of our advanced technology and economy has produced an unintended consequence - Hyperspace
Mark Dean, IBM's Middle East and Africa CTO, writes in a post on an IBM company blog: "They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs."
"When I helped design the PC," Dean adds, "I didn't think I'd live long enough to witness its decline. But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they're no longer at the leading edge of computing."
His observations, the story notes, echo those of Apple’s Steve Jobs, who has been widely quoted as saying, "We're living in a post-PC world." Dean says he now uses a tablet as his main computer, but he believes the focus in computing is shifting from devices to people’s interaction with them.
Okay, but I am sitting here with my 'refurbished' desktop and don't own an Applie Ipad or an Iphone because I'm POPOPOPO Poor and part of the digital divide, I guess.
Decline - a wonderful word, rhymes with recline, another favorite...
I fear we are now in an Age of Decline only because of our advanced technology and economy has produced an unintended consequence - Hyperspace
One of the 12 People Who Designed the Original IBM PC Says the Reign of the Personal Computer Is Coming to an End The Register
As the IBM personal computer marks its 30th anniversary, one of the 12 engineers who designed the original says the reign of the PC is about to end, the U.K. paper The Register reports.Mark Dean, IBM's Middle East and Africa CTO, writes in a post on an IBM company blog: "They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs."
"When I helped design the PC," Dean adds, "I didn't think I'd live long enough to witness its decline. But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they're no longer at the leading edge of computing."
His observations, the story notes, echo those of Apple’s Steve Jobs, who has been widely quoted as saying, "We're living in a post-PC world." Dean says he now uses a tablet as his main computer, but he believes the focus in computing is shifting from devices to people’s interaction with them.
Okay, but I am sitting here with my 'refurbished' desktop and don't own an Applie Ipad or an Iphone because I'm POPOPOPO Poor and part of the digital divide, I guess.
On the other hand, I tend to skip the lemming approach to having every new gadget that comes out, patiently waiting for at least the third generation of it and the greatly reduced price. When I was in college, I wrote a story about the computer revolution called Space Baby and in it, the baby is microchipped, thus eliminating the need for any computers, since she could just 'be a computer.'
To be continued...
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