DocAndersen
One of the things that sometimes gets me in trouble in the technology world is going far beyond the bleeding edge. I always thought that phrase, the bleeding edge was dumb. Not the people are uttering the phrase but the phrase and its meaning. I have lived on the edge of technology for many years. I have never cut myself or felt that I was at risk on edge. I have however missed on many technologies over the years.
That got me thinking about what were my biggest misses. So, here they are:
1. Keecker2. Nucleus3. Cortana Speaker4. Jibo
5. Pebble Smart Watch
These are the four biggest disappointments from a technology perspective. I do often make mistakes when it comes to cutting edge technology. Sometimes I am too far ahead of the crowd, and that results in my realizing I missed. Sometimes, the crowd catches up to me.
The most important thing about technology isn’t technology. It is a problem that it solves. Sometimes I have issues and problems that are not truly widespread. Or are issues that will be widespread but in a few years.
So sometimes I, to use a baseball term, swing and miss.
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Question of
Have you ever walked away from an idea?
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Yes
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No
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Have you ever bought something (its cool) and realized it didn’t do what you needed?
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Yes
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No
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I an not a gizmo geek and so happy with what makes my life easy and what is making my life easy is a mobile that has messaging and voice, an internet connection with reasonable speed and a good camera that takes satisfactory pictures. Just because there are new products in the market I do not rush and get them.
it is truly about what you need!!!
I buy things based on what I need them to do- not for the specs or how cool it looks, sounds, etc
now you are starting an interesting conversation – what is need! Because what you need is different than what other Virily Authors need!
we’ve sort of touched on this topic before- I want the right tool for the job. nothing fancy, none of that all-in-one nonsense…
But you also tend towards tools that are far more complex than most people even consider.
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when it comes to analog tools, I tend to be conservative. digital tools are much more complex, but even then I try to have a dedicated modeling app, a dedicated rendering app and a dedicated 2D app…
My gut is your tools are, well a lot harder to learn. More like the old fashioned network sniffer of days gone by.
how I loved packet sniffers. actually could ID some things just by the raw hex data…
They are really cool now – by address, device type and originating application. The future is bright!
of course, the real value is in the filters. but it was fun to spot an HTTP header from a hex stream… I was filtering by myself
The newer systems can not only spot the HTTP but break them out by destination, allowing you to filter on the fly against a pick list of bad sites. It also kills the many worms spreading quickly.
The issue, of course, is that few companies have implemented the newer tech. Networks are utilities.
I don’t know the things you mentioned. I buy what I need, but I was disappointed several times with the product I bought.
The ones mentioned are all companies that have gone out of business. I wish a couple of them had stayed around!
Not familiar with he gadgets you mentioned but I only buy what is useful to me.
A sad reality, they never made it to the mass market. You would have enjoyed Jibo, you could literally call your Uncle, and see him interact with him. But Jibo could also remind people to take pills and many other cool features!
I only buy what I need … as I said before I have a smartphone and quite good quality … I don’t use 80% of the features because I don’t know them and I also don’t need them … it’s similar to car radio
I completely understand that my friend.
I only get what I need too…and I keep it until it’s too old to be useful. I don’t have to have every new thing that comes out to be satisfied.
that is a good way to be – i keep lots of stuff forever as well!!!
If the new gadget is not just about showing off to others – Оk! Otherwise – why the hell do you spend your money?
For me, it is my profession. But it isn’t always for others.
Yes, as far as technology is concerned I only get what I need..
That is my goal as well, I just need other tech sometimes!