Thing #10: Technology Blogging
April 10, 2008You know what’s been on my mind lately? Standards. Yes. Standards. For an Orange (that’s my True Color), this is rare. I’m usually a rule breaker/bender and I don’t fit a mold. BUT, the lack of technology standards for the interent (web design, metadata, etc.) is driving me nuts lately. There is much potential for smoother interactions between computers and people that the current confusing atmosphere frustrates me greatly! It may be anti-capitalist, but I often wish everything, from digital cameras to data values, could be uniform. Searching across databases, federated searches, and so much more would be much better. I know, when I am old, I will recall the days when people used a keyboard or a mouse to input information… when information took time to load. Until then, I often think Web 2.0 is just a bridge to a much better, and much different information architecture. blah blah. Those are my thoughts.
I left a comment at “Web Things” for SH.
Every once in a while I become extremely frustrated at the lack of technology standards. A coworker once told me I should go into programming software because I cared so much. Not nearly as much fun as the type of programming I do now.
I completely agree with your last statement. I began my college studies with Computer Science. Boring!! And dominated by grubby, vampiric men. So, I transfered to English Literature my second year. Phew! However, the comp sci guys get the big bucks – too bad they can’t seem to agree on anything.
[...] Web 3.0 would be machine to machine. “The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, sharing and combining information on the web” [Wikipedia]. In order for machines to understand machines and make “intuitive” decisions, something will need to be done about standards. [...]