Comments on: The Internet is old news and boring.. Deal with it http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DaveI http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22353 DaveI Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:31:46 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22353 So it\'s not just me thinking this as well... So it\’s not just me thinking this as well…

]]> By: Alex Churchill http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22336 Alex Churchill Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22336 Mark, What about this: http://www.web2.0investing.com/?p=10 I can't see how, other than with the increased acceptance of the idea of social networks that something like this would have been possible in the Geo-era. Is this new in a technological sense? No, but that doesn't mean it isn't something new on the Internet. In this case, the fact that people are willing to do it is the message. Mark,
What about this:
http://www.web2.0investing.com/?p=10
I can’t see how, other than with the increased acceptance of the idea of social networks that something like this would have been possible in the Geo-era. Is this new in a technological sense? No, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t something new on the Internet. In this case, the fact that people are willing to do it is the message.

]]> By: Alex Churchill http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22337 Alex Churchill Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22337 Mark, http://www.web2.0investing.com/?p=11 Mark,
http://www.web2.0investing.com/?p=11

]]> By: Mark http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22338 Mark Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22338 Wikipedia is really different from those sites you mentioned and is very exciting. Not just because it is a broad base of information, not because it is user created/moderated but because no one has ever to my knowledge created a tome of this much obscure information. The wiki project is exciting, entertaining and has the oportunity to really change the way people learn and contribute their knowledge. Its mainstream use and explosive growth recently is not at all boring. Wikipedia is really different from those sites you mentioned and is very exciting. Not just because it is a broad base of information, not because it is user created/moderated but because no one has ever to my knowledge created a tome of this much obscure information.

The wiki project is exciting, entertaining and has the oportunity to really change the way people learn and contribute their knowledge. Its mainstream use and explosive growth recently is not at all boring.

]]> By: Wayne Downing http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22339 Wayne Downing Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22339 So let’s talk about what is exciting. The only problem, is I can only think of a few things, and the main two being content delivery, and communication. BB is allowing users to get any piece of information almost instantaneously as it is published. An issue, which was addressed in yesterdays post, is the delivery of live HD quality content. Operative word is LIVE. Other than that, the net makes my connectivity and communications tasks a bit simpler, but it removes personal relationship building as a downside. But on the upside, it makes accessibility to people like Mark easier, as long as these once inaccessible or at least difficult to access people embrace the technology as well. Mark has, that’s his livelihood. Perhaps the Internet in all of its boring glory will shift back to a useful technology and not a required technology. I will say that at least IM and other communication concepts that are net enabled are better than no communication or conversation at all, but where is the line drawn? I love to rant about this stuff; I have spent the last 20 years looking forward to the day I could communicate to anyone from anywhere, but at what cost? So let’s talk about what is exciting. The only problem, is I can only think of a few things, and the main two being content delivery, and communication. BB is allowing users to get any piece of information almost instantaneously as it is published. An issue, which was addressed in yesterdays post, is the delivery of live HD quality content. Operative word is LIVE.

Other than that, the net makes my connectivity and communications tasks a bit simpler, but it removes personal relationship building as a downside. But on the upside, it makes accessibility to people like Mark easier, as long as these once inaccessible or at least difficult to access people embrace the technology as well. Mark has, that’s his livelihood.

Perhaps the Internet in all of its boring glory will shift back to a useful technology and not a required technology. I will say that at least IM and other communication concepts that are net enabled are better than no communication or conversation at all, but where is the line drawn?

I love to rant about this stuff; I have spent the last 20 years looking forward to the day I could communicate to anyone from anywhere, but at what cost?

]]> By: Nina http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22340 Nina Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22340 Exactly! I remember about 9 years ago when I got my first email address and instant messaging through AOL. Of course I was in high school at the time, but I thought it was just the coolest thing ever that I talk to my friends anywhere with the IM and we could all email...now of course I am over it. I was actually over it pretty soon after it started and most of my email was just SPAM or "forward it to 10 people and get a million dollars." Which still never works, by the way! NOt saying I don't use the internet to pay bills, shop online and keept tabs with friends and family. I do. I also took some of my college classes online, which I loved. But the thrill is over...no excitement comes from the internet anymore. Makes me life easier? Yes! Excites me? No way - thanks for pointing that out. Exactly! I remember about 9 years ago when I got my first email address and instant messaging through AOL. Of course I was in high school at the time, but I thought it was just the coolest thing ever that I talk to my friends anywhere with the IM and we could all email…now of course I am over it. I was actually over it pretty soon after it started and most of my email was just SPAM or “forward it to 10 people and get a million dollars.” Which still never works, by the way! NOt saying I don’t use the internet to pay bills, shop online and keept tabs with friends and family. I do. I also took some of my college classes online, which I loved. But the thrill is over…no excitement comes from the internet anymore. Makes me life easier? Yes! Excites me? No way – thanks for pointing that out.

]]> By: Seth http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22341 Seth Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22341 Hey Mark, what's so cool about the wedge, pulley, or wheel? The internet was never supposed to be anything more than a file sharing program. That's it. Boring? Maybe. But an extremely powerful tool nonetheless. It was built to impress you or make you think it was really cool. You know, us CS grads should just keep all of our toys to ourselves. Nah, too much money to be made. Hey Mark, what’s so cool about the wedge, pulley, or wheel?

The internet was never supposed to be anything more than a file sharing program. That’s it. Boring? Maybe. But an extremely powerful tool nonetheless.

It was built to impress you or make you think it was really cool.

You know, us CS grads should just keep all of our toys to ourselves. Nah, too much money to be made.

]]> By: Amy Hoy http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22342 Amy Hoy Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22342 The thing about "only as fast as your neighbors let it be" is untrue. Only cable internet is shared bandwidth. All other choices for wired, broadband internet are not shared (DSL, fiber, ISDN - not that anyone still uses it, etc). The great wiring of countries like South Korea and Iceland are not based on shared bandwidth models, either. Which is a great reason... not to use cable! (The Internet access offered by the cable companies all sucks, anyway.) Let's not forget the failed Net Neutrality law, either, folks. It won't "just work" for long unless something happens in Congress. The thing about “only as fast as your neighbors let it be” is untrue. Only cable internet is shared bandwidth. All other choices for wired, broadband internet are not shared (DSL, fiber, ISDN – not that anyone still uses it, etc). The great wiring of countries like South Korea and Iceland are not based on shared bandwidth models, either.

Which is a great reason… not to use cable! (The Internet access offered by the cable companies all sucks, anyway.)

Let’s not forget the failed Net Neutrality law, either, folks. It won’t “just work” for long unless something happens in Congress.

]]> By: Anil Rathi http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22343 Anil Rathi Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22343 People need to think about satisfying a customers' unmet needs. That is what innovation is all about. Solving UNMET NEEDS. Companies can design new products, user experiences and flashy services all day long but these things are easily replicable and imitated in a matter of days. Take Sandisk (flash-memory), for example, its one technology with multiple applications satisfying a host of unmet needs and has spawned a host of other products. This era of Web 2.0 is just like the Internet boom/bust days. Few real applications that solve a real problem that make real money. People need to think about satisfying a customers’ unmet needs. That is what innovation is all about. Solving UNMET NEEDS.

Companies can design new products, user experiences and flashy services all day long but these things are easily replicable and imitated in a matter of days.

Take Sandisk (flash-memory), for example, its one technology with multiple applications satisfying a host of unmet needs and has spawned a host of other products.

This era of Web 2.0 is just like the Internet boom/bust days. Few real applications that solve a real problem that make real money.

]]> By: john http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22344 john Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:09:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/#comment-22344 Mark, I read you blog and it makes me upset. If things weren't so money-driven there would be progress. I for one do not believe that companies spend any more that they have to to keep an R&D department alive and that is only for publicity. The TCP/IP Protocol, Google, and other discoveries occured at research oriented institutions. I agree that alot of crap comes out of research, but you can't always win when discovering new things or unraveling a mystery. Today all that matters is making the next buck, and our society (not just you) is to blame. Being a former researcher myself I question whether to continue in this area. There is no funding nor decent compensation. If you want things to "get better, and be less boring" fork over some money and pay researchers to discover new things. I am tired of the seeing smart, motivated researchers get discouraged because they have to fight and scratch to make it in this world. Universities are begging for students in graduate studies, but no one wants to attend. Why is that? Again everyone needs to eat and stay warm. There are too many greedy people, and this will not change until people start caring about each other and not just themselves. Mark,
I read you blog and it makes me upset. If things weren’t so money-driven there would be progress. I for one do not believe that companies spend any more that they have to to keep an R&D department alive and that is only for publicity. The TCP/IP Protocol, Google, and other discoveries occured at research oriented institutions. I agree that alot of crap comes out of research, but you can’t always win when discovering new things or unraveling a mystery. Today all that matters is making the next buck, and our society (not just you) is to blame. Being a former researcher myself I question whether to continue in this area. There is no funding nor decent compensation. If you want things to “get better, and be less boring” fork over some money and pay researchers to discover new things. I am tired of the seeing smart, motivated researchers get discouraged because they have to fight and scratch to make it in this world. Universities are begging for students in graduate studies, but no one wants to attend. Why is that? Again everyone needs to eat and stay warm. There are too many greedy people, and this will not change until people start caring about each other and not just themselves.

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