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What are everyones thoughts on this?  Will this project really become "the internet of the future?

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Oleg Issers | StartupNation.com Web Team

50% of computer programming is trial and error. The other 50% is copy and paste.

I think leaps and bounds are bad.
It`s better to make small nudges in user behavior as you go along.

imho : No (and that’s totally ignoring your Web 2.0 implication).  Not if you`re asking about something outside of the telco hardware network; hard to tell if you`re asking about infostructure ... vs. content/contact points ... think they`ll send out a SDK (LOL; I think the future is "widget" and going to parasite system waste; packets and kernels only go so far when it comes to control and they`ll have to build in a lot of slop to keep things from crashing--which they may or may not allow; start crashing the web and watch how last year’s debate on “free access” is mooted by the giant sucking sound of dollars into private networks … yep take another toke on the ring!)

I really liked this "original" The central concept that ties these two halves together is the idea of slice: The management software virtualizes the physical substrate so that it can be shared among multiple network experiments, with each experiment embedded in a slice of the physical substrate.

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I speak from my educational bent. I`ve always been a big fan of leveraging technology for education. I work at a university that seems to be slow at realizing the huge potential of this opportunity.

Some folks are slower than others. And, some folks just blather on and on, thinking that if they`re in the environment of innovation, they must be apart of it.

I am well-steeped in technology. I know it well. What I am learning now is the importance of pedagogy. The best technology, mis-applied, is more destructive than no technology at all. Educators and innovators who apply technology without an essential understanding of the underlying problem are simply moving weighty mounds from one place to another. No value is realized.

I love innovation. But never for innovation`s sake alone. We must do something with it. Web 2.0, or 3.0 is great for sound bites. But what does it mean on a visceral level?

The real web 2.0 is about realizing that there is no real web 2.0. But rather, it`s about creating a truly useful online environment for the things we want and need to do with our current technology.

My $0.02

-Patrick



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