Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-17 Thread Jim Choate
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: > > > Jim Choate, in a display of bad judgement and ill temper never before > > seen on the internet, spewed forth the following blood-libel: I have fulfilled a lifelong goal, I have walked where no man has ever walked before. I can now die happy ;) >

Re: CDR: Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-15 Thread Alif The Terrible
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: > On Friday 13 December 2002 23:30, Jim Choate wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Mike Rosing wrote: > > > "Content is crap, conectivity is king" > > > A.M. Odlyzko at Univ. Wisconsin, early 2002 (May I think?) > > > > Bullshit, if there isn't content why do

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-15 Thread Mike Rosing
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: > The point was, the "content providers" aren't providing the > entertainment. The daughters are talking (and talking!) to their > friends with no help from the big companies other than providing the > connectivity. I believe that was Olyzko's point in the

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Furlong
On Friday 13 December 2002 23:30, Jim Choate wrote: > On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Mike Rosing wrote: > > "Content is crap, conectivity is king" > > A.M. Odlyzko at Univ. Wisconsin, early 2002 (May I think?) > > Bullshit, if there isn't content why do they want connectivity? What > is it they are connecting

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Furlong
Jim Choate, in a display of bad judgement and ill temper never before seen on the internet, spewed forth the following blood-libel: > Nitwit, who are the daughters talking to, dial-tone? Not. They are > solving two problems, entertainment and a problem (social > connectivity). The point was, the

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-14 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: > On Friday 13 December 2002 23:30, Jim Choate wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Mike Rosing wrote: > > > "Content is crap, conectivity is king" > > > A.M. Odlyzko at Univ. Wisconsin, early 2002 (May I think?) > > > > Bullshit, if there isn't content why do t

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-14 Thread Jim Choate
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Mike Rosing wrote: > "Content is crap, conectivity is king" > A.M. Odlyzko at Univ. Wisconsin, early 2002 (May I think?) Bullshit, if there isn't content why do they want connectivity? What is it they are connecting to? Content (ala entertainment or problem resolution) are wh

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-09 Thread Mike Rosing
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Eugen Leitl forwarded: > Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones > By Dan Gillmor > Mercury News Technology Columnist > [...] > That's not ``content'' in a Hollywood sense. But it's the most important > kind of content: what we create ourselves. That pho