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Dead & Innovative Technology:
Moving & Shaking in the Information World
Darlene Fichter
University of Saskatchewan
March 31, 2009
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Predictions
I’m in great company making these – after all look at how these predictions turned out made by important tech leaders:
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"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
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Impress the audience with your credentials (cause you have none) by using a literary reference
Note to Self
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Impressive Literary Reference
“Mark Twain reputedly once observed that history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”*
*Paul Saffo
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• Mass Media Revolution• Personal Media Revolution
The end of rabbit ears?
Or the decline of TV as we know it?
Photo by typo
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What biz are libraries in?
Farewell Information, it's a Media Age Paul Saffo
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#1
• New technologies can be hazardous to your health.
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Photo by PixieLauren
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http://www.typetees.com/product/921/Video_games_ruined_my_life_two_extra_lives
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Twitter cartoon
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/03/24/
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#2 Forecast is …
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Cloudy
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Optimistic View
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Photo by MichaelMarlatt
Photo by guerilla futures – Jason Tester
Why does he have a laptop?
Just chip me already.
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Expert Sky Watcher
• From the prairies
• Not all clouds are the same
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Libraries & Cloud Computing
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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?
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Can’t Wait to Dance on This One!
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Can’t Wait to Dance on This One!
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One other technology to change
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Power Cords
Photo by Herzogbr
Step 1: Power without 5 different adaptors
Step 2: Cordless computing
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Bonus Video: Recover from Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCoaBN6iOu0