In technology power is often quickly attained by college kids with good ideas, lots of drive, and ripe opportunities. As such, the majority of Internet and Web development in general is in the hands of elite computer literati, characterized by extreme individual achievement and skill.
In technology power is often quickly attained by college kids with good ideas, lots of drive, and ripe opportunities. As such, the majority of Internet and Web development in general is in the hands of elite computer literati, characterized by extreme individual achievement and skill.
New ideas are often met with reluctance, not just because of their initial imperfect implementation, but also because of a tendency of any user to prefer systems already well understood.
New ideas are often met with reluctance, not just because of their initial imperfect implementation, but also because of a tendency of any user to prefer systems already well understood.
It is the little actions that people commit, out of compassion or kindness and without any expectation of reward, that helped me regain a certain faith in mankind this past winter.
It is the little actions that people commit, out of compassion or kindness and without any expectation of reward, that helped me regain a certain faith in mankind this past winter.
Could the next great innovation in computing come from Columbia University?
Less than 10 years ago, I used a telephone modem to connect to the Internet, and AltaVista to search for music to download. Google was still third to Ask Jeeves and Yahoo!. But in those 10 short years, an explosion of technology and creativity led to the development of our modern computing world, bringing forth incredible ideas such as mobile Web access and video chat.
Could the next great innovation in computing come from Columbia University?
Less than 10 years ago, I used a telephone modem to connect to the Internet, and AltaVista to search for music to download. Google was still third to Ask Jeeves and Yahoo!. But in those 10 short years, an explosion of technology and creativity led to the development of our modern computing world, bringing forth incredible ideas such as mobile Web access and video chat.
