my [Digital] Life

Consumer's view of the computer 'net

Technologies then

Internet in the days of old (pre 1995)
telnet email ftp UseNet net-games bulletin-boards gopher WAIS WWW

Technologies now

WWW
Wiki
P2P
VoIP
Web Conferencing
SIP, BEEP, H.324
Webcasts
Podcasts
AJAX
Tagging

PKI: passport

The 'net's sphers of influence

Social networking
Learning
Entertainment
Advertising

Network Terror

Uses of the 'net - a disruptive force

Search, Portals
Bills, Stocks
Library, reference, research, encyclopedia
Shopping: books, travel, discretionary, groceries, car, diamonds, spaceships!
Blog, Address book, share photos
News, Maps, weather
Job Search; professional networking
Interactive Communication: IM, voice chat, VoIP (skype, Vonage, coice chat), web conferencing, video conferencing, Webcasts

email, text messaging, SMS, MMS
Bookmark management
P2P: a challenge to existing IP: Music, Movies, Books, software

eLearning: webcasts, web courses
Interactive Games
podcasts

Uses of Computers

PIM:
contacts (addresses, email, phone)
ToDo, Appointments, schedules
Password mgmt
bookmark mgmt


Taxes

Media

Print: Books, newspaper, magazines
aural: Music, Songs, personal conversations, audio books, ...
Visual: photos, video
Audio-Visual: Video, Movies, TV, Serials, Ads, News, Conferencing, personal videos
Interactive:

Gadgets

TiVO
TV/VCR/DVD/cablebox/Cable/satellite
Camera
Phone, pager
PDA
GPS - for driving
Music System, walkman, MP3 players
Thumbdrive

Computer
laptop

posted by Raj Vardhan @ 5:34 AM