What comes after the Post-PC?
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:23:23 GMT
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:59:05 GMT
Dave Winer
dave.winer@gmail.com
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2012/02/29/mrNatural.gif" width="165" height="143" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;" alt="A picture named mrNatural.gif">I think at the dawn of PCs there was a company with a name like The People's Computer Company. If not, it could have been the name of the whole industry. </span><a name="imgSrchttpscriptingcomimages20120229mrnaturalgifWidth165Height143Border0StylefloatRightPaddingleft15pxPaddingbottom5pxPaddingtop10pxPaddingright15pxAltaPictureNamedMrnaturalgifiThinkAtTheDawnOfPcsThereWasACompanyWithANameLikeThePeoplesComputerCompanyIfNotItCouldHaveBeenTheNameOfTheWholeIndustry"> </a><a href="#imgSrchttpscriptingcomimages20120229mrnaturalgifWidth165Height143Border0StylefloatRightPaddingleft15pxPaddingbottom5pxPaddingtop10pxPaddingright15pxAltaPictureNamedMrnaturalgifiThinkAtTheDawnOfPcsThereWasACompanyWithANameLikeThePeoplesComputerCompanyIfNotItCouldHaveBeenTheNameOfTheWholeIndustry"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">This is what all the heroes of the 80s were thinking at the beginning. We're building tools to give power to the people. </span><a name="thisIsWhatAllTheHeroesOfThe80sWereThinkingAtTheBeginningWereBuildingToolsToGivePowerToThePeople"> </a><a href="#thisIsWhatAllTheHeroesOfThe80sWereThinkingAtTheBeginningWereBuildingToolsToGivePowerToThePeople"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">It was an extension of the culture we grew up in, the 60s and 70s. Power to the People was a big idea then. I think it's going to be a big one again, in reaction to what the computer industry of the generation after the hippies is doing. Zuck is going to create rebellion. Apple and Larry and Sergei too. </span><a name="itWasAnExtensionOfTheCultureWeGrewUpInThe60sAnd70sPowerToThePeopleWasABigIdeaThenIThinkItsGoingToBeABigOneAgainInReactionToWhatTheComputerIndustryOfTheGenerationAfterTheHippiesIsDoingZuckIsGoingToCreateRebellionAppleAndLarryAndSergeiToo"> </a><a href="#itWasAnExtensionOfTheCultureWeGrewUpInThe60sAnd70sPowerToThePeopleWasABigIdeaThenIThinkItsGoingToBeABigOneAgainInReactionToWhatTheComputerIndustryOfTheGenerationAfterTheHippiesIsDoingZuckIsGoingToCreateRebellionAppleAndLarryAndSergeiToo"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">The first product of the PPC will be a PC (of course) with all its ports open. With disk drives and an Ethernet jack. Slots. Nothing new. But the things that are disappearing from the "Post-PC" computers everyone is talking about will still be there on the Post-Post-PC.</span><a name="theFirstProductOfThePpcWillBeAPcOfCourseWithAllItsPortsOpenWithDiskDrivesAndAnEthernetJackSlotsNothingNewButTheThingsThatAreDisappearingFromThePostpcComputersEveryoneIsTalkingAboutWillStillBeThereOnThePostpostpc"> </a><a href="#theFirstProductOfThePpcWillBeAPcOfCourseWithAllItsPortsOpenWithDiskDrivesAndAnEthernetJackSlotsNothingNewButTheThingsThatAreDisappearingFromThePostpcComputersEveryoneIsTalkingAboutWillStillBeThereOnThePostpostpc"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;"><b>I don't mind carrying around something a little more clunky if it can be connected to something we haven't dreamt up yet.</b></span><a name="biDontMindCarryingAroundSomethingALittleMoreClunkyIfItCanBeConnectedToSomethingWeHaventDreamtUpYetb"> </a><a href="#biDontMindCarryingAroundSomethingALittleMoreClunkyIfItCanBeConnectedToSomethingWeHaventDreamtUpYetb"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">That's what was great about the original PC industry. It's what we'll come to value in the new one.</span><a name="thatsWhatWasGreatAboutTheOriginalPcIndustryItsWhatWellComeToValueInTheNewOne"> </a><a href="#thatsWhatWasGreatAboutTheOriginalPcIndustryItsWhatWellComeToValueInTheNewOne"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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