tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247703862011-04-21T19:45:30.544-07:00Raj Vardhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289521676739563815noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24770386.post-1143468075753964382006-03-27T05:34:00.000-08:002006-03-27T07:02:37.486-08:00Consumer's view of the computer 'net<br /><br /><h1>Technologies then</h1><br /><em>Internet in the days of old</em> (pre 1995)<br />telnet email ftp UseNet net-games bulletin-boards gopher WAIS WWW<br /><br /><h1>Technologies now</h1><br />WWW<br />Wiki<br />P2P<br />VoIP<br />Web Conferencing<br />SIP, BEEP, H.324<br />Webcasts<br />Podcasts<br />AJAX<br />Tagging<br /><br />PKI: passport<br /><br /><h2>The 'net's sphers of influence</h2><br />Social networking<br />Learning<br />Entertainment<br />Advertising<br /><br />Network Terror<br /><br /><h2>Uses of the 'net - a disruptive force</h2><br />Search, Portals<br />Bills, Stocks<br />Library, reference, research, encyclopedia<br />Shopping: books, travel, discretionary, groceries, car, diamonds, spaceships!<br />Blog, Address book, share photos<br />News, Maps, weather<br />Job Search; professional networking<br />Interactive Communication: IM, voice chat, VoIP (skype, Vonage, coice chat), web conferencing, video conferencing, Webcasts<br /><br />email, text messaging, SMS, MMS<br />Bookmark management<br />P2P: a challenge to existing IP: Music, Movies, Books, software<br /><br />eLearning: webcasts, web courses<br />Interactive Games<br />podcasts<br /><br /><br /><h1>Uses of Computers</h1><br />PIM:<br /> contacts (addresses, email, phone)<br /> ToDo, Appointments, schedules<br /> Password mgmt<br /> bookmark mgmt<br /><br /><br />Taxes<br /><br /><h1>Media</h1><br />Print: Books, newspaper, magazines<br />aural: Music, Songs, personal conversations, audio books, ...<br />Visual: photos, video<br />Audio-Visual: Video, Movies, TV, Serials, Ads, News, Conferencing, personal videos<br />Interactive:<br /><br /><h1>Gadgets</h1><br />TiVO<br />TV/VCR/DVD/cablebox/Cable/satellite<br />Camera<br />Phone, pager<br />PDA<br />GPS - for driving<br />Music System, walkman, MP3 players<br />Thumbdrive<br /><br />Computer<br />laptop<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24770386-114346807575396438?l=singhrv.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Raj Vardhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289521676739563815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24770386.post-1143381995549697622006-03-26T05:58:00.000-08:002006-03-27T13:34:11.233-08:00Library Science buffs will have fun with this one<br /><br />Flat space labelling - argh remember the good old days of flat file systems!<br /><br />Connect these to notions of:<br /><br />Binomial Nomenclature from Taxonomy in Biology.<br /><br />Connect these to notions of:<br />Naming and directory services: NIS, X.500, LDAP, DNS, UDDI<br />OLAP: Fact tablse and more improtantly Dimensions with heirarchical structure and orthogonal to each other.<br />Library Catalogs: searches by title, author, ISBN, ... subject<br />Dewey Decimal system, LOC<br />Subject Indexes (LOC)<br />Georaphic relations<br />Admin relations<br /><br />Employment categorization by various govrnments (DoL in the US?)<br /><br />Contrast this with:<br />Flat space labelling<br />Directories, hashes/DL; sets/UL; arrays OL<br />Strictly Heirarchical: yes the Life Sciences example<br />Knowledge bases<br />Amorphous searches<br /><br />How about:<br />amorphous/organic (context based) network of labels?<br /><br />Aspects <-> quality<br /><br /><h1>Attributes</h1><br />Google base has them<br />Name value pairs (Multivalued field)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24770386-114338199554969762?l=singhrv.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Raj Vardhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17289521676739563815noreply@blogger.com0