Comments for thinkfuture http://thinkfuture.com/wp the blog of hellofuture Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Applied vs Theoretical Innovation by Wanton http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2010/06/29/applied-vs-theoretical-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Wanton Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:06:23 +0000 http://thinkfuture.com/wp/?p=2295#comment-463 Its not directly about monetization - there's often a long lead time between invention and moneymaking. Google for example had a tech innovation, page rank, and yet it wasn't that that made them money, it was improving the GoTo.com business model that did that. The other factor you miss, and I think is crucially the issue, is whether the innovation is EFFICIENT. You can easily have a innovation that is EFFICIENT yet doesnt have direct monetization as a result. Again Google's use of commodity PCs massively reduced the costs of serving up results (like a factor of 10), while Page Rank increased human efficiency of searches. End result, a cheap good product - that required little underwriting (thus cheap ads could fund it). Its not directly about monetization – there’s often a long lead time between invention and moneymaking. Google for example had a tech innovation, page rank, and yet it wasn’t that that made them money, it was improving the GoTo.com business model that did that. The other factor you miss, and I think is crucially the issue, is whether the innovation is EFFICIENT. You can easily have a innovation that is EFFICIENT yet doesnt have direct monetization as a result. Again Google’s use of commodity PCs massively reduced the costs of serving up results (like a factor of 10), while Page Rank increased human efficiency of searches. End result, a cheap good product – that required little underwriting (thus cheap ads could fund it).

]]> Comment on Augmented Reality Event by Charles Fitgerald http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2010/01/19/augmented-reality-event/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Charles Fitgerald Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:15:33 +0000 http://thinkfuture.com/wp/?p=2105#comment-405 Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I'm more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I’m more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out

]]> Comment on What surgery will look like in the future by Ziya Fortunato http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/09/24/what-surgery-will-look-like-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ziya Fortunato Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:49:54 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2026#comment-30 Thanks for writing about this. There's a mass of great tech information on the internet. You've got a lot of that info here on your website. I'm impressed - I try to keep a couple blogs pretty up-to-date, but it's a struggle sometimes. You've done a solid job with this one. How do you do it? Thanks for writing about this. There’s a mass of great tech information on the internet. You’ve got a lot of that info here on your website. I’m impressed – I try to keep a couple blogs pretty up-to-date, but it’s a struggle sometimes. You’ve done a solid job with this one. How do you do it?

]]> Comment on What surgery will look like in the future by Maria Hrafn http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/09/24/what-surgery-will-look-like-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Maria Hrafn Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:41:44 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2026#comment-29 Great article. There's a lot of good data here, though I did want to let you know something - I am running Redhat with the circulating beta of Firefox, and the design of your blog is kind of flaky for me. I can understand the articles, but the navigation doesn't work so well. Great article. There’s a lot of good data here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Redhat with the circulating beta of Firefox, and the design of your blog is kind of flaky for me. I can understand the articles, but the navigation doesn’t work so well.

]]> Comment on What surgery will look like in the future by Jaylin Imram http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/09/24/what-surgery-will-look-like-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jaylin Imram Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:50:34 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2026#comment-28 Great article. There's a lot of good info here, though I did want to let you know something - I am running Redhat with the current beta of Firefox, and the look and feel of your blog is kind of quirky for me. I can read the articles, but the navigation doesn't work so good. Great article. There’s a lot of good info here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Redhat with the current beta of Firefox, and the look and feel of your blog is kind of quirky for me. I can read the articles, but the navigation doesn’t work so good.

]]> Comment on What surgery will look like in the future by admin http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/09/24/what-surgery-will-look-like-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-27 admin Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:48:30 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2026#comment-27 Haven't seen much from them - I'm sure that soon they'll be doing maps of the human body from within though - and then making it searchable...! Haven’t seen much from them – I’m sure that soon they’ll be doing maps of the human body from within though – and then making it searchable…!

]]> Comment on What surgery will look like in the future by Kristian Mattias http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/09/24/what-surgery-will-look-like-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kristian Mattias Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:34:39 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2026#comment-26 Nice blog. I got a lot of effective info. I've been following this technology for awhile. It's interesting how it keeps varying, yet some of the core elements remain the same. Have you seen much change since Google made their latest acquisition in the field? Nice blog. I got a lot of effective info. I’ve been following this technology for awhile. It’s interesting how it keeps varying, yet some of the core elements remain the same. Have you seen much change since Google made their latest acquisition in the field?

]]> Comment on 5 Ideas I Came Up With In The Shower by Thomas Murphy http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2010/01/07/5-ideas-i-came-up-with-in-the-shower/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Thomas Murphy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:24:44 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2036#comment-25 Those first two sound like you have become a first class feel good liberal...we don't want to keep score in soccer, it might hurt little timmy's feelings...we won't have grades because that just sets up an environment of failure. Now marketing wise yes the sheeple like crap like this. Those first two sound like you have become a first class feel good liberal…we don’t want to keep score in soccer, it might hurt little timmy’s feelings…we won’t have grades because that just sets up an environment of failure.
Now marketing wise yes the sheeple like crap like this.

]]> Comment on Where is the innovation? by johnlloydscharf http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/07/10/where-is-the-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-16 johnlloydscharf Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:57:51 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2005#comment-16 I think of spending money on the lottery as pointless too. If they gave them out for free, I would have a different opinion... HA!HA!HA! I think of spending money on the lottery as pointless too. If they gave them out for free, I would have a different opinion… HA!HA!HA!

]]> Comment on Where is the innovation? by Da_rev http://thinkfuture.com/wp/index.php/2009/07/10/where-is-the-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Da_rev Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:08:23 +0000 http://thinkfuture.wordpress.com/?p=2005#comment-15 Indeed you are correct. I suppose I never thought of it that way; I always thought of the lottery as pointless to play and I still do. However what you say about taking action i believe to be true. I'll try it, maybe it'll work. Indeed you are correct. I suppose I never thought of it that way; I always thought of the lottery as pointless to play and I still do. However what you say about taking action i believe to be true.

I’ll try it, maybe it’ll work.

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