gdp's Comments

Willem's Personal Blog : Did it happen as I thought?

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:10:19 +0000

Thanks Klaas. And thanks for actually reading to the end of the post. I restored the last line!.

Willem's Personal Blog : You know you have to update your pc when:

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:57:23 +0000

thanks. Recommendations are always welcome!. glad you liked it.

Willem's Personal Blog : Barcodes on Blogs.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:57:47 +0000

My pleasure.

Willem's Personal Blog : The Readability of the EULA

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:18:08 +0000

Thanks for your comment. I hereby encourage everyone who reads this to start complaining about the eula's lack of readability!

Willem's Personal Blog : Standardize by exclusion or selection?

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:16:12 +0000

Thanks!

Willem's Personal Blog : I'm a Google Waver Now

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:42:18 +0000

Thanks for your comment. Although I don't share your level of disappointment, it is definitely true that this new platform isn't ready for the mainstream yet. For now, it's mostly a geek-toy. For real productivity a tool should save rather than cost me time...

Willem's Personal Blog : I'm a Google Waver Now

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:26:21 +0000

Dank. Tot waves...

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:32:15 +0000

In a sense, I agree. The numbering is trivial. However, 1 through 3 are quite accepted and 4 was just on the doorstep, waiting to enter... The point I wanted to make in the post wasn't so much about numbers, but about available technology not being used effectively because people won't use open standards and won't agree on dataportability. And I guess from your comment that you got the point perfectly. Thanks for commenting, and thanks for your blog as well (I'm a regular visitor as you no doubt have noticed...)

Willem's Personal Blog : Standardize by exclusion or selection?

Sun, 8 Feb 2009 16:49:56 +0000

Many thoughts... And I'm working on two ICTU programmes, so maybe we should meet and discuss this as this discussion would be bigger that what would normally fit within the commentsection of a weblog...

Willem's Personal Blog : Barcodes on Blogs.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:04:25 +0000

Hey, I didn't know that one yet.... Never too old to learn. I don't think however that this is the way to go. Color is always more tricky than black and white. What if the colors fade? And how about printing cost if you want to go bulk? the other thing is this: They're way behind the already emerging standards in this field. (being Microsoft, that wouldn't stop them...)

EVERYTHING 2.0 : All technology predictions for 2009, and beyond

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:01:54 +0000

Nice list. My own predictions on http://willemkossen.nl/bare dwarfed by this one.... Thanks

EVERYTHING 2.0 : My technology predictions for 2009, and beyond

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:04:16 +0000

I'll be rechecking this post in december to see what actually happened. Good predictions though. I like the way you keep them compact. Good thing to remember and much less work than my first attempt on my blog http://willemkossen.nl/b

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:39:51 +0000

I would love some of these technologies too. However, there is a problem as I already explained. What happens when the power goes out? What happens if we run out of the raw materials (like Lithium) we need for operation? Our dependance of these materials and technologies is in fact rather dangerous. Do you know how to survive with only a knife and some rope?

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:38:10 +0000

I agree. The technology is available. The problem, again, is integration. Open standards are rare. X10 is one that was promising and open hardware like Arduino boards will help. The wide spread availability of Internet and TCP/IP is now available. All we need is people to open up their protocols and become more interoperability-minded. (is that a word?).

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:36:35 +0000

I think the Web x.0 versions don't necessarily come sequentially. Even web 2.0 isn't all that fab since semantic interoperability (web3.0) isn't really there yet.... Rather than sequence, It's about different views that need each other to rise simultaneously. Oh, You're way ahead of me when it comes to using phones...

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:34:54 +0000

You're right. Awareness is good. However, I hesitated to write this post because it contains an 'expectation' that's not yet very realistic, even though all technology needed allready exists...

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:33:56 +0000

IPv6 is on my wishlist to implement at home. However. There is a simple reason why hardly anyone is adopting it. There's no real need yet. Even though the number of free IP4 addresses are decreasing fast, everyone is happy with NATting. Most of these home-automation systems would work perfectly behind NATted firewalls. The real IPv6 growth will come from the upcoming economies in Asia. With the start of the internet, the developed world of the time (USA and Europe) were pretty generous to themselves when handing out IP-ranges.....

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:31:21 +0000

Thanks!

Willem's Personal Blog : Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:31:07 +0000

Thanks for the reply, I don't think wifi would be the right tech for this. It lacks range and the handshake takes too long, you'ld be allready home. And why make it so complicated? All it takes is a GPS (which is in your navigation or phone anyways) and you know where you are... If you come within a certain range, run any script you like.... Cheers

Willem's Personal Blog : Dataportability: a Comment I Made...

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:30:10 +0000

Sure I agree. Dataportability exceeds authentication. My point is that I don't (yet?) see how FC actually brings sufficient DP. Sure OpenID doesnot do that yet. So far all these initiatives take the 'easy route' by creating a Single-Signon-like solution to authentication but don't do any real dataportability. I think that's a chance missed...