The Future As Seen By Me In 2010
Well looky here, things one has scanned in eh. (ignore the photo, that's some guy that made some accounting software, not sure what became of him ;) MIKE RIVERSDALE is fuming. The expensive headphones he bought in Sydney three weeks ago have just died. His first reaction is not to randomly spill expletives into his coffee, but to use his iPhone to vent his frustration to his Twitter con- tacts, under the moniker Miramar Mike. "I will also put, 'What should I do?' It's a conversation. I'm reaching out to the people following me." The council predicts hand-held digital devices such as smartphones will rule the world in 2040. They already rule the life of Mr Riversdale, whose company WaveAdept helps businesses adapt - their computing sys- tems to allow staff to work from anywhere - and with anyone. In order of fre- equency, he uses his iPhone to tweet (1136 followers; 8363 tweets since joining), e-mail, make phone calls and use online services, such as checki
We can also extend that analogy just a bit further... A Lego brick needs to be engineered to an exacting standard or they will not stick together or will never come apart (and to date, none of the cheap nock off's are any good).
ReplyDeleteSo by analogy, it pays to have really well thought out XML or the processes using it will fall apart and become worthless. Yet getting it right is hard work and requires exacting attention to detail.
That is not something that happens magically or on the cheap. It is hard.
Very good and absolutely correct!
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