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In the year 2030

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What better way to start the year with a forecast for the coming 365 days +? Finally being able to catch up with my blog reader, I undoubtedly came across George Siemens’ post on the “Top 10 forecasts for the future” which were issued by the World Future Society.

All the mentioned trends can have an earth shattering influence, but the one that is most likely the most invasive for each person – at least in my opinion – is the first one: “Everything you say and do will be recorded by 2030.”

Though it is not said in which way all this information will be used, analyzed or even just stored and archived, this will have a major impact on our lives. Would we eventually get used to it as we are often not aware of surveillance cameras in public places? Would we care? Would we be more guarded? What about privacy? Would we be able to have an “Oops” button (see video below) to delete anything that should not be recorded?

Deb Roy from MIT can give a glimpse at the magnitude of data that can be produced though the envisioned nano devices need to use different technologies in order to avoid such huge storage needs as the Human Speechome Project required.


Deb Roy on the Human Speechome Project

Version control / Versionskontrolle

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A few years ago the big word everybody used was “multimedia” (it even was the “Word of the Year” in Germany in 1995), then “2000 / Y2K” came around the corner and made it big. Nowadays, in the times of Web 2.0, version control has become the big obsession and might be about to take control of Hollywood as well. Sequels are nothing new in the city of movies. First, sequels were simply numbered like “Scary Movie” -> “Scary Movie 2″ -> “Scary Movie 3″ and so on. Then came the more innovative guys that thought numbering is outdated. That’s when we got “The Matrix” -> “The Matrix Reloaded” -> “The Matrix Revolution”. Now numbers are back in full swing because the web has made them fashionable again. Recently, I saw an ad for “Die Hard 4.0″. That made me wonder: Where was “Die Hard 3.2″ or “Die Hard 3.5.7″? Did I miss these movies? When did the number after the dot became so important in movies where there are no in-between versions as in software development? I guess, it’s just a fad. Let’s see what comes next.

Update (28 August 2007): In the meantime, I have come across a few more version control terms where you would have never guessed them:

Well, I think I could continue the list even further.

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Vor ein paar Jahren war das angesagteste Wort “Multimedia” (und was sogar “Wort des Jahres” 1995), dann kam “2000 /Y2K” und wurde der Star. Jetzt, in Zeiten von Web 2.0, Versionskontrolle ist die neue Obsession und ist dabei, sogar die Kontrolle über Hollywood zu gewinnen. Fortsetzungen sind nichts neues in der Filmstadt. Zuerst wurden Fortsetzungen einfach nur nummerier, wie z.B. “Scary Movie” -> “Scary Movie 2″ -> “Scary Movie 3″ usw. Dann kamen ganz clevere Leute und dachten, dass Nummern nicht mehr in sind. Das brachte uns Filme wie “The Matrix” -> “The Matrix Reloaded” -> “The Matrix Revolution”. Nun ist die Nummerierung wieder zurück, da das Web sie wieder salonfähig gemacht hat. Vor kurzem sah ich ein Werbeplakat für “Die Hard 4.0″. Da wunderte ich mich: Wo war “Die Hard 3.2″ oder “Die Hard 3.5.7″? Habe ich diese Filme verpasst? Wann wurden die Zahlen nach dem Punkt so wichtig in Filmen, wo es keine Zwischenversionen gibt wie bei Software? Ich denke mal, dass dies auch wieder nur eine Laune der Zeit ist. Mal sehen, was als nächstes kommt.

Update (28. August 2007): In der Zwischenzeit bin ich noch auf ein paar mehr Begriffe mit dem neumodischen 2.0 gestoßen:

Die Liste ist aber bestimmt noch nicht vollständig.

One (password) for all / Eins (Passwort) für alles

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In Philipp Lenssen’s blog I found a link to the User Name and Password video by Darren Barefoot. It is quite hillarious. How many different web sites, logins and passwords do you need to manage?

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In Philipp Lenssens Blog fand ich den Link zum User Name and Password-Video von Darren Barefoot. Ich finde es zum Schreien. Wie viele unterschiedliche Webseiten und ihre Logins sowie Passwörter müsst ihr auseinanderhalten?