New Technologies

[helios]

yo guys,

i'm doing my reading on Web2.0. Can this be considered as pervasive instruments? how is this gtg to be defined as e next wave in IT application in our globalisation 3.0 era??

knew some of u guys r e expects to share a bit, so why not we start on an IT Thread too?

defined & extracted fr wiki:

Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. The term became notable after the first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web.

[kennynah]

i thought there was just HTML wow, now have such term as web2.0 i thought at first it was some camera resolution...hahaha

[helios]

The sometimes complex and continually evolving technology infrastructure of Web 2.0 includes server-software, content-syndication, messaging-protocols, standards-oriented browsers with plugins and extensions, and various client-applications. The differing, yet complementary approaches of such elements provide Web 2.0 sites with information-storage, creation, and dissemination challenges and capabilities that go beyond what the public formerly expected in the environment of the so-called "Web 1.0".

Web 2.0 websites typically include some of the following features/techniques:

Cascading Style Sheets to aid in the separation of presentation and content
Folksonomies (collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging)
Microformats extending pages with additional semantics
REST and/or XML- and/or JSON-based APIs
Rich Internet application techniques, often Ajax-based
Semantically valid XHTML and HTML markup
Syndication, aggregation and notification of data in RSS or Atom feeds
mashups, merging content from different sources, client- and server-side
Weblog-publishing tools
wiki or forum software, etc., to support user-generated content

* i feel that e best part of web-2.0 is that it can be characterised by a social cause, let it be social-networking aspects OR more active participation of your audience directly real-time to upload and download 2 way flow of information interactivity ... ... and imagine how u can harness this dimension inside your businesses, strength-weakness edge that differentiates u and your competitors, improves system efficiencies, blah blah ... by creating innovative platforms => innovations!!

** CNN.money (today) has a nice videoclip on how UPS uses their hand-held device <DIAD>, for tracking, for customers to sign off upon receiving delivery parcels ... below is extracted from UPS press-release:

UPS revolutionized the package delivery business in 1991 when it developed and deployed the first Delivery Information Acquisition Device, known as the DIAD. More than a decade later, UPS continues its pioneering development efforts with the fourth generation of the DIAD - the DIAD IV.

To ensure maximum flexibility in field transmission capabilities, DIAD IV includes multiple wireless connectivity options. Each DIAD IV features a built-in GPRS and CDMA radio, an acoustical modem to facilitate dial-up access if necessary, and 802.11b wireless local area network connectivity to enable transmission in a UPS center. The DIAD IV also features a Bluetooth wireless personal area network and an infrared (IrDA) port to communicate with peripheral devices and customer PCs/printers.

DIAD IV introduces a revolutionary new feature - Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) - to the handheld terminal market. UPS plans to use this technology to provide drivers with more detailed directions to pick-up and delivery points in order to improve customer service.

The monochrome screen on previous DIADS will be replaced with a color screen that accommodates more information which can be displayed in an easier-to-read, more attractive manner. The color screen also enables UPS to color-code messages transmitted to a driver’s DIAD. Urgent customer pick-up messages, for example, can be color-coded to alert the driver.

In addition, the DIAD IV contains 128 megabytes of memory - 20 times the capacity of the DIAD III. UPS will use this expanded capacity to provide new and improved customer services. Like its precedecessors, the DIAD IV's battery lasts an entire work day.

The DIAD IV sends delivery information to the UPS data repository as soon as the delivery information is entered. Drivers simply scan the package bar code, collect the receiver’s signature electronically, type in the last name of the receiver and push a single key to complete the transaction and send the data. There is no need to activate a cell phone or return to the vehicle.

Part of what makes the DIAD such a powerful tool is the system - ODS (On-Demand Services) - that enables communication with the driver. Every UPS driver automatically logs into the ODS system first thing in the morning. This allows dispatchers and center management to access the driver via his/her DIAD throughout the day by sending generalized text messages. Virtually all drivers start their day with a list of predefined customer pickup locations for that day. Thanks to ODS, the addition of a one-time pickup can be added to a driver’s work list on-the-fly, enabling UPS to take best advantage of the geographic location of its entire fleet for servicing pickup requests.

By using the DIAD, UPS eliminates the use of 59 million sheets of paper per year.

The DIAD IV is the most comprehensive tracking device in the delivery industry, combining data collection and transmission technologies, digital signature capture, extensive expandable memory and rugged construction to withstand extreme temperatures and hard falls.

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i really wonder how Singapore can use this technology to improve our Media-Scape/ government Media21 plans.?.? [for some months down e road, i will be pondering & inking this opportunity].

i can see e exchanging of medical records bet. GP and hospitals MROs; in near future, users can carry their own digital records as a kinda of 'IC' which we bring w us 24/7, esp. impt for those w chronic/ silent dieases.

[thinking aloud]

[blid2def]

Sorry, I not technical / knowledgeable enough to share much, but I'll share my general approach to all these terms.

My approach to IT applications (and technologies) is like my approach to wine - "can drink or not?" and "like or don't like?". I don't care what fancy packaging it comes under - "web 2.0", "SOA", "Internet 2.0", etc.

Doesn't mean they're meaningless of course, they serve their purpose in sales & marketing. Just that I'm not a big fan of fancy terms and their supposed "branding". It's like someone pushing a packet of chwee kuay in my face, and telling me how great it is. When I ask them what's so good about it, he says, "Wah, it's from the famous Tiong Bahru Market stall!". That doesn't answer my question at all, does it?

And that's why I'm a grunt.

[kennynah]

<<i can see e exchanging of medical records bet. GP and hospitals MROs; in near future, users can carry their own digital records as a kinda of 'IC' which we bring w us 24/7, esp. impt for those w chronic/ silent dieases.>>

my thoughts...

i used to work in an IT environment where this was mooted...but hor... came the reality...regulatory hurdles.."patient confidence"... whilst IT can do wonders...like "beam me up scotty"... there are real problems..

an example... RFID application on Purchasing Cards... (in japan they have that)... on the RFID, it contains personal biodata and people find it dangerious...becos what stopping illegitimate Readers from picking up the info without them even knowing...

another example... an even more archaic IT solution...WorkFlow processing...such as Approval Processing... u know who opposes this solutions... undertable bosses... they dun wan IT solutions to take away their cakes...when everything is so well documented...

and the examples are aplenty...

however, i am still waiting for "scotty" to beam me from pt a to b...

[HengHeng]

They actually tried sending a light bean from one side of a wall to another via some sort of portal thingy( some multi dimentional thingy). Friend was doing nanotech told me about the experiment.

[blid2def]

They actually tried sending a light bean from one side of a wall to another via some sort of portal thingy( some multi dimentional thingy). Friend was doing nanotech told me about the experiment.

Wow. Multi dimensional thingie sounds scary... freaking scary.

The only experiments I've read about so far (and that was years ago) was around the destruction and recreation of a particle. Basically it's "cheating", but in a sense, they somehow manage to destroy something on one side, and then assemble the same thing on the other side.

There's some interesting stuff on teleportation, including the dreaded "The Fly" scenario where a 3rd party enters the equation. The thing is - we haven't even seen a flying car (in mass production) yet, and that's like maybe a bazillion times less complicated than teleportation. Probably won't see any meaningful teleportation within my lifetime...

[kennynah]

teleportation...have...

i tell you how...go drinking until you super stoned out...drunk that is...

next thing you know...u are home and in your bed.... that's teleportation for you...

[sinned]

Hello everyone,

I am an IT consultant. Am I in the right forum? I promise....I will be good.

[blid2def]

Hello everyone,

I am an IT consultant. Am I in the right forum? I promise....I will be good.

Weclome, sinned. Yah you are. Which field are you in? As in hardware (storage, server, etc.), applications, or the softer skills (ITIL ITSM, governance, etc.)?