Here in a session at the eLearning Guild 2008 - the keynote speaker of the day is speaking on the topic of "The Future of the Internet." Speaker is Mark Patrick.
He states that we have only experience 5% of what the internet offers for us.
Many of his comments so far are quite shallow and common sense to me. He is a good speaker, but I am not sure he knows his audience as well as he should. Speaking on topics of email, security, websites, business oriented topics that are not indepth is less than I anticipated.
For the most part, the conference has been great. I am still waiting for this speaking to state what the "Future of the Internet IS" ... he hasn't said it yet!!! :-(
As I am blogging his speech live, I am waiting -- and becoming tired of waiting.
Here is th
e info he has bestowed upon us thus far ...
1. Email is common and the primary way teenagers communicate.
2. Web services should be global in their design
3. Internet Service Providers must offer all services, all hours.
4. Companies are not being as responsible as they should be in responding to customers
5. Spam is a problem and the filters are blocking customers
As can be seen, this is not NEW information, and it does NOT tell about the future of the internet.
Ah ha -- he just said that he will us about the future of the internet - so apparently he knows that he hasn't gotten to that point yet.
Most of the things he speaks of as "futurisitic" of the internet are already in place. The point he is focusing on right now is "learning" and talking about how schools and libraries will change. The fact of the matter is that they HAVE changed.
I guess I will cut off at this point and add better information and more information later.
