dead & innovative technology: moving & shaking in the information world

Dead & Innovative Technology:

Moving & Shaking in the Information World

Darlene Fichter

University of Saskatchewan

March 31, 2009

Predictions

I’m in great company making these – after all look at how these predictions turned out made by important tech leaders:

"There is no reason in the world anyone would want a computer in their home. No reason.”

– Ken Olsen, Chairman, DEC, 1977

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1949 *

“640K of RAM ought to be enough for anybody.”– Bill Gates, 1981

Impress the audience with your credentials (cause you have none) by using a literary reference

Note to Self

Impressive Literary Reference

“Mark Twain reputedly once observed that history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”*

*Paul Saffo

• Mass Media Revolution• Personal Media Revolution

The end of rabbit ears?

Or the decline of TV as we know it?

Photo by typo

What biz are libraries in?

Farewell Information, it's a Media Age Paul Saffo

#1

• New technologies can be hazardous to your health.

Photo by PixieLauren

http://www.typetees.com/product/921/Video_games_ruined_my_life_two_extra_lives

Twitter cartoon

http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/03/24/

#2 Forecast is …

Cloudy

Optimistic View

Photo by MichaelMarlatt

Photo by guerilla futures – Jason Tester

Why does he have a laptop?

Just chip me already.

Expert Sky Watcher

• From the prairies

• Not all clouds are the same

Libraries & Cloud Computing

Watson and Olsen

"There is no reason in the world anyone would want a computer in their LIBRARY. No reason.”

– Ken Olsen, Chairman, DEC, 1977

"I think there is a world market for maybe five LIBRARY computers."

- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1949 *

Maybe just ahead of their time?

Can’t Wait to Dance on This One!

Can’t Wait to Dance on This One!

One other technology to change

Power Cords

Photo by Herzogbr

Step 1: Power without 5 different adaptors

Step 2: Cordless computing

Bonus Video: Recover from Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCoaBN6iOu0

Thank you

• Darlene.Fichter@usask.ca