I alway find these sorts of exercises interesting and for the most part what is offered is simple speculation or common sense at best. It is always interesting to look back and see how accurate or inaccurate these predictions were.
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Now this is a future that I am looking forward to. I LOVE the idea of a pull out screen. That would do away with having to carry both and phone and an iPad type device.
Lets hope that we see these sorts of innovations sooner than later.
While I not would normally incorporate a youtube video in a Kwout clip I am doing so because you will want to watch this video within the Calendar of the Future Manifesto site. This is the first of many videos that explore what the next generation of calendar will need to be. Very interesting project presented from the folks from Tungle.
Please take the time to review all the short videos in each section of the site.
Having spent this past summer traveling with my iPad I can vouch for the authenticity of this article. I didn’t go overseas so the language suggestions are the only exception in my experience.
Even though my iPad had 3G access I was cautious in my use of bandwidth and continually looked for reliable WiFi access–which was readily available for my entire trip.
While this article does not offer any earth shattering revelations it does provide a very good and practical overview for someone venturing out on a trip with only their iPad.
The following statement is key to the whole New York Times article and to the debate over opening up the peer review process:
…the goal is not necessarily to replace peer review but to use other, more open methods as well.
In opposition to this perspective is the traditional notion that evaluating originality and intellectual significance can be done only by experts in a field.
Yet academics like Mr. Cohen who regularly posts his work online are finding the exact opposite:
Engaging people in different disciplines and from outside academia has made his scholarship better.
