Re: Re: ...Moreover, I Am Not A Stream of Consciousness
by
Ed_Dodds
<ed.note>Mentally I live in a world 5 years from now -- and make assumptions about the IP based, broadband infrastructure which will likely exist. This, my wife tells me, drives people nuts. I'm constantly firing off emails with two or three technologies mentioned with the "obvious" connection to be inferred. Every now and then, colleagues, instead of deleting these emails or blog comments, help me with communicating "the vision-thing" by sending a request for info. Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Cyber-Yenta, has helpfully done just that re: my comments re: her blog article ...Moreover, I Am Not An Economist. My only regret is that I didn't figure out an angle to bring in xbrl. Here follows the linked version of my stream of consciousness prose:</ed.note>
Micropayments, yes! The problem with this adoption lag is we simply don't have the infrastructure in the US today. However, as the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) is built out and open source medical banking infrastructure is developed, for instance, initiatives like the Charitable Communities Network will be able to transfer micro as well as macropayments. As m-commerce finally hits US phones (like in Scandanavia where you can charge snack food to your cell), and digital chips, and smartcards, and rfid passports, etc. allowing the cellphone companies to become the new mortgage brokers (hello, ernie: geolocate this property -- I want to make an offer -- am I preapproved -- great! Press seven for downpayment). Do you think Nokia announced that tablet the other day for a whim? And then add that Apple open source browser project and Osirix for medical record storage on iPods (and why don't they just relaunch the Newton now -- we're ready for it this time!?!) Remember Motorola's set top box with the eCommerce slot and USB port -- think truly interactive TV when you're taking a course via TV (teachers have you studied the balanced scorecard movement? -- finally you'll be paid what you're worth -- is that a blessing or a curse?) and your connecting your medical device for monitoring and you have to buy new prescriptions. Press Remote Control button 7 and removes $ from Health Savings Account.
...Moreover, I Am Not A Stream of Consciousness
Micropayments, yes! The problem with this adoption lag is we simply don't have the infrastructure in the US today. However, as the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) is built out and open source medical banking infrastructure is developed, for instance, initiatives like the Charitable Communities Network will be able to transfer micro as well as macropayments. As m-commerce finally hits US phones (like in Scandanavia where you can charge snack food to your cell), and digital chips, and smartcards, and rfid passports, etc. allowing the cellphone companies to become the new mortgage brokers (hello, ernie: geolocate this property -- I want to make an offer -- am I preapproved -- great! Press seven for downpayment). Do you think Nokia announced that tablet the other day for a whim? And then add that Apple open source browser project and Osirix for medical record storage on iPods (and why don't they just relaunch the Newton now -- we're ready for it this time!?!) Remember Motorola's set top box with the eCommerce slot and USB port -- think truly interactive TV when you're taking a course via TV (teachers have you studied the balanced scorecard movement? -- finally you'll be paid what you're worth -- is that a blessing or a curse?) and your connecting your medical device for monitoring and you have to buy new prescriptions. Press Remote Control button 7 and removes $ from Health Savings Account.