Comments on: The desktop is dead. http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/ changing the world, one pixel at a time Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Head in the clouds | sbdc http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3049 Head in the clouds | sbdc Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:25:07 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-3049 [...] last year I professed that the desktop was dead and talked about how I was in the process of moving everything I could to online storage rather [...] [...] last year I professed that the desktop was dead and talked about how I was in the process of moving everything I could to online storage rather [...]

]]> By: From the FriendFeed Pipeline - 3.4.08 — Shooting at Bubbles http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 From the FriendFeed Pipeline - 3.4.08 — Shooting at Bubbles Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:00:38 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-2939 [...] The desktop is dead. :: Sean Bonner - and yet another the sky is falling and is gonna smash the desktop world to bits. YAWN - wake me up when it actually happens. In the meantime I’ll still be able to get work down when internet connections crap out for some reason or another. [...] [...] The desktop is dead. :: Sean Bonner – and yet another the sky is falling and is gonna smash the desktop world to bits. YAWN – wake me up when it actually happens. In the meantime I’ll still be able to get work down when internet connections crap out for some reason or another. [...]

]]> By: sbdc» Blog Archive » Making Google Calendar and iCal play nice http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 sbdc» Blog Archive » Making Google Calendar and iCal play nice Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:28:38 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-1546 [...] of Apple tools like Mail and iCal but for one reason or another, mostly my growing obsession with having all my data online rather than tied to any specific piece of hardware I moved one at a time mostly over to Google. This worked fine and dandy when I had a phone with no [...] [...] of Apple tools like Mail and iCal but for one reason or another, mostly my growing obsession with having all my data online rather than tied to any specific piece of hardware I moved one at a time mostly over to Google. This worked fine and dandy when I had a phone with no [...]

]]> By: From the FriendFeed Pipeline - 3.4.08 | WinExtra http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-781 From the FriendFeed Pipeline - 3.4.08 | WinExtra Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:41:30 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-781 [...] The desktop is dead. :: Sean Bonner - and yet another the sky is falling and is gonna smash the desktop world to bits. YAWN - wake me up when it actually happens. In the meantime I’ll still be able to get work down when internet connections crap out for some reason or another. [...] [...] The desktop is dead. :: Sean Bonner – and yet another the sky is falling and is gonna smash the desktop world to bits. YAWN – wake me up when it actually happens. In the meantime I’ll still be able to get work down when internet connections crap out for some reason or another. [...]

]]> By: Ryan j Budke http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Ryan j Budke Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:31:41 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-580 Apparently passed on through genetics too... My garage is ridiculous... Apparently passed on through genetics too… My garage is ridiculous…

]]> By: jm http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-573 jm Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:08:32 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-573 "He kept thinking that the second he absolutely needed one, would of course be when he didn’t have access to one." That's a difficult thing to let go of: Humans do that with everything, really. ;-) All part of the reason why it's so hard to get rid of all our junk, or not purchase it in the first place. “He kept thinking that the second he absolutely needed one, would of course be when he didn’t have access to one.”

That’s a difficult thing to let go of: Humans do that with everything, really. ;-) All part of the reason why it’s so hard to get rid of all our junk, or not purchase it in the first place.

]]> By: Ryan j Budke http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Ryan j Budke Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:07:37 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-572 Sean, I was watching from the "audience" during your guys' exchange yesterday, and while I'm totally on your side, I think the biggest hurdle we're going to face in moving to a completely distributed/terminal system is trust. I can still remember setting up my first Hotmail account and being freaked out that I didn't "have" my email somewhere. Of course now-a-days my office is completely virtual thanks to gmail, google docs, skype, grandcentral, jott, etc etc. We're also a generation of early adopters though, growing up constantly trying to get the latest and greatest. My dad asked me what I thought about the MacBook Air because he was thinking of buying one. He loved it, but could not get past the fact that it didn't have an optical drive. I asked him when the last time he used a cd/dvd other than to watch/listen to something and he replied he couldn't even remember, probably years. But he still wanted one. He kept thinking that the second he absolutely needed one, would of course be when he didn't have access to one. That mindset isn't going to change anytime soon either. Not saying that the older demographic "won't" change, just that they're not going to soon. There are still too many companies that are literally tech-crippled with fear by viruses and *gasp* hackers, that they'd never allow access to their database of pipe fittings on the web, no matter how secure. They just won't trust anyone else with their info. In the meantime, "I" welcome the change, and look forward to the day that if my computer blows up, it'll just be like replacing a keyboard and screen. Then again, I'm a blindly trusting idiot. Sean, I was watching from the “audience” during your guys’ exchange yesterday, and while I’m totally on your side, I think the biggest hurdle we’re going to face in moving to a completely distributed/terminal system is trust. I can still remember setting up my first Hotmail account and being freaked out that I didn’t “have” my email somewhere. Of course now-a-days my office is completely virtual thanks to gmail, google docs, skype, grandcentral, jott, etc etc.

We’re also a generation of early adopters though, growing up constantly trying to get the latest and greatest. My dad asked me what I thought about the MacBook Air because he was thinking of buying one. He loved it, but could not get past the fact that it didn’t have an optical drive. I asked him when the last time he used a cd/dvd other than to watch/listen to something and he replied he couldn’t even remember, probably years. But he still wanted one. He kept thinking that the second he absolutely needed one, would of course be when he didn’t have access to one.

That mindset isn’t going to change anytime soon either. Not saying that the older demographic “won’t” change, just that they’re not going to soon. There are still too many companies that are literally tech-crippled with fear by viruses and *gasp* hackers, that they’d never allow access to their database of pipe fittings on the web, no matter how secure. They just won’t trust anyone else with their info.

In the meantime, “I” welcome the change, and look forward to the day that if my computer blows up, it’ll just be like replacing a keyboard and screen. Then again, I’m a blindly trusting idiot.

]]> By: john http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-571 john Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:57:07 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-571 It's even more convenient to have everything on the web and not on your desktop now that the government can seize, copy or hold your electric information at the border. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23037049/ It’s even more convenient to have everything on the web and not on your desktop now that the government can seize, copy or hold your electric information at the border.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23037049/

]]> By: Adam http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Adam Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:20:09 +0000 http://blog.seanbonner.com/2008/02/07/the-desktop-is-dead/#comment-569 Sean, I totally agree with your view. I think apple has certainly led the field with a few pieces of hardware and I will be interested to see if the airbook really makes it. It's a pricey little unit, esp. in Europe. Of course you can still plug an external drive in just now......how long before all machines stop shipping with optical drives? Sean, I totally agree with your view. I think apple has certainly led the field with a few pieces of hardware and I will be interested to see if the airbook really makes it. It’s a pricey little unit, esp. in Europe. Of course you can still plug an external drive in just now……how long before all machines stop shipping with optical drives?

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