Comments on: 3 trends that will Shape the Digital World over the Next Decade http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed At the Crossroads of Media, Marketing and Technology... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:47:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 Greg Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:47:28 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1936 Steve, Yes. - Greg Steve,

Yes.

- Greg

]]> By: Steve C http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 Steve C Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:58:33 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1934 Do you feel these three trends will not just effect technology, but continue to push lower prices of all tangible items and increase the value in services? Do you feel these three trends will not just effect technology, but continue to push lower prices of all tangible items and increase the value in services?

]]> By: Greg http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Greg Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1902 Nic, Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. - Greg Nic,

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.

- Greg

]]> By: Nic Jones http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Nic Jones Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:14:25 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1900 I'm only a humble children's marketeer, but I see a whole world of opportunity in entertaining the family here. Thanks for this Greg; fascinating I’m only a humble children’s marketeer, but I see a whole world of opportunity in entertaining the family here.
Thanks for this Greg; fascinating

]]> By: Marama Castle-Brown http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 Marama Castle-Brown Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:58:36 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1878 Hi Greg Wow! How did you know?? Now that's technology! Best Marama Hi Greg

Wow! How did you know?? Now that’s technology!

Best

Marama

]]> By: Greg http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1862 Greg Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:38:18 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1862 Marama, Thanks for your input. Be careful on the go-carts (especially while talking on the phone:-) - Greg Marama,

Thanks for your input. Be careful on the go-carts (especially while talking on the phone:-)

- Greg

]]> By: Marama Castle-Brown http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1858 Marama Castle-Brown Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:22:21 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1858 Great reading Greg and thank you for sharing your insights. I do believe we are at the threshold of some pretty exciting things to come. I agree with Paul. In New Zealand, Telco's continue to dictate our capacity. Your analogy of synergistic elements working together to create an accessible resource ie; car/road/petrol station is bang on. I pose another - have you ever driven a go-cart that has been regulated to a set speed? Ok if you're a small child or granny. But for a speed freak, my speedo tells me I can go 2-3 times faster but I either have to pay for the more speed or wait for the tech to be released. I am not anti-Telco's and I thank them for allowing me to access my stuff through their frequency. I am sure our Radio Broadcasting forefathers shake their heads in frustration to see access to frequencies being bundled and sold. Doh! Great reading Greg and thank you for sharing your insights. I do believe we are at the threshold of some pretty exciting things to come. I agree with Paul. In New Zealand, Telco’s continue to dictate our capacity. Your analogy of synergistic elements working together to create an accessible resource ie; car/road/petrol station is bang on. I pose another – have you ever driven a go-cart that has been regulated to a set speed? Ok if you’re a small child or granny. But for a speed freak, my speedo tells me I can go 2-3 times faster but I either have to pay for the more speed or wait for the tech to be released.

I am not anti-Telco’s and I thank them for allowing me to access my stuff through their frequency. I am sure our Radio Broadcasting forefathers shake their heads in frustration to see access to frequencies being bundled and sold. Doh!

]]> By: Greg http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Greg Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:34:56 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1688 Paul, Good points. Thanks. Greg Paul,

Good points. Thanks.

Greg

]]> By: Paul Bouzide http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1687 Paul Bouzide Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:50:05 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1687 Hi Greg, You're welcome and thanks for the gracious and thoughtful response. I do see your point on how the use of bandwidth is evolving due to price reductions and increases in capability and ubiquity, and agree with the general trend. I still believe that there are application use cases and technology-based business models that will struggle with the levels of bps/$ and ubiquity and reliability that I am expecting in the coming few years. In my opinion this is why you're starting to see the pendulum moving towards more capable levels of processing in the device and on the edge of the network in general (abetted by trends such as cheap CPU cores and virtually free storage), with architectures that assume interruptions in connectivity and high data costs (e.g. exceeded ceilings on flat rate data plans) and cache data locally (a la HTML5) and sync *changes* (rather than full data sets) with the cloud (a la Microsoft Mesh). Hi Greg,

You’re welcome and thanks for the gracious and thoughtful response.

I do see your point on how the use of bandwidth is evolving due to price reductions and increases in capability and ubiquity, and agree with the general trend. I still believe that there are application use cases and technology-based business models that will struggle with the levels of bps/$ and ubiquity and reliability that I am expecting in the coming few years.

In my opinion this is why you’re starting to see the pendulum moving towards more capable levels of processing in the device and on the edge of the network in general (abetted by trends such as cheap CPU cores and virtually free storage), with architectures that assume interruptions in connectivity and high data costs (e.g. exceeded ceilings on flat rate data plans) and cache data locally (a la HTML5) and sync *changes* (rather than full data sets) with the cloud (a la Microsoft Mesh).

]]> By: Greg http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/3-trends-that-will-shape-the-digital-world-over-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 Greg Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:32:28 +0000 http://www.digitaltonto.com/?p=124#comment-1669 Paul, Thanks a lot for you comment. A lot of people commented on that point. I guess a better way to say it is that is becoming marginally free and virtually unlimited. We obviously pay for bandwidth, but it's not much of a concern. We're usually charged a flat rate and we don't really need to think about it much. Moreover, the costs are going down even faster than for processing speed. The main point is that bandwidth and storage are increasingly being used as if they were free and unlimited, which changes the way we use digital producs. Have a nice weekend. - Greg Paul,

Thanks a lot for you comment.

A lot of people commented on that point. I guess a better way to say it is that is becoming marginally free and virtually unlimited. We obviously pay for bandwidth, but it’s not much of a concern. We’re usually charged a flat rate and we don’t really need to think about it much. Moreover, the costs are going down even faster than for processing speed.

The main point is that bandwidth and storage are increasingly being used as if they were free and unlimited, which changes the way we use digital producs.

Have a nice weekend.

- Greg

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