Nov. 6, 2007
Volume 12, Number 34
Editor's Note: Due to a technical glitch, we were unable to send out last week's DEMOletter. We are including two of Chris Shipley's commentaries this week. Please go to http://www.demo.com/demoletter to check out all of the postings from the last two weeks.
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CHRIS SHIPLEY
Oct. 30, 2007
COUNTING DOWN TO '08: 8 TRENDS FOR NEXT YEAR
I just looked at the calendar. More frightening than the little goblins and bad Halloween decorations that blighted my neighborhood this week, I realized that we're down to the last 10 weeks of 2007. And since we traditionally take a break from Christmas to New Year's, that means we've got just eight more weeks to get business done this year. And it means just eight more weeks of sparkling commentary from me in 2007. So, what better thing to do with these next eight columns (sorry, I still can't downgrade my musing to "posts") than to presage the eight trends that will define 2008.
I might as well start with the most controversial:
#1) Web 2.0 Is So Last Version
Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/counting_down_to_2008_8_trends_for_next_year.php
Nov. 6, 2007
'08 COUNTDOWN: THE END OF 'FREE'
Last week, I wrote about the end of Web 2.0. Certainly, the social software concepts will endure, but the unbridled and often blind passion for all things Web 2.0 will wane quickly as the year turns over. So, this week, it only seems right to talk about the precipitating causes that bring hype to a halt.
For much of the last 24 months, new consumer Web services have been offered to the market for free. Well, my friends, it's time we stripped the mask off of "free" to take a long look at what's really going on here.
Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/08_countdown_2_the_end_of_free.php
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KEITH SHAW
NOV. 6, 2007
EULOGY FOR THE PC
Ladies and gentlemen, I come before you today to mark the death of the PC.
The PC led a long and happy life, bringing joy to millions of people for many years. It started life in the simplest of ways, allowing people to type words faster, to draw lines and circles, and perform calculations faster than ever before. We loved our early PCs - and got misty-eyed like a parent looking at baby photos when we mentioned our "first one" (mine was a TRS-80 color computer).
Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/eulogy_for_the_pc.php
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DEMOTRACKER: The latest from DEMO alumni
* Vocera Communications (DEMOmobile 2001) launches new wireless VoIP communications badge.
* NComputing (DEMOfall 06) expands PC access for Texas students.
The complete DEMOtracker archive is located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.php
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DEMO 08 / January 28-30, 2008 / Palm Desert, CA
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Interested in launching? Apply here: http://www.demo.com/launch/apply.php
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