Comments on: The early adopters crisis http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/ Thoughts on a changing society. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » The early adopters crisis [liftlab.com] on Topsy.com http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-25875 Twitter Trackbacks for Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » The early adopters crisis [liftlab.com] on Topsy.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:42:15 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/#comment-25875 [...] Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » The early adopters crisis liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis – view page – cached There is a disturbingly increasing number of early adopters who tell me they are fed up with their jobs. Those same people who were creating homepages with 28k modems back in the 90s are now closing their blogs, snubbing Facebook, moving around with no computer or iPhone, wishing aloud they had less commitments and more money to open a restaurant, a store, or engage in a life involving more down to earth activities. It could be anodyne - and probably is in some ways as we all tend to always want the opposite of what we have - but I feel there is something interesting here. Let’s review some of the arguments involved: — From the page [...] [...] Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » The early adopters crisis liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis – view page – cached There is a disturbingly increasing number of early adopters who tell me they are fed up with their jobs. Those same people who were creating homepages with 28k modems back in the 90s are now closing their blogs, snubbing Facebook, moving around with no computer or iPhone, wishing aloud they had less commitments and more money to open a restaurant, a store, or engage in a life involving more down to earth activities. It could be anodyne – and probably is in some ways as we all tend to always want the opposite of what we have – but I feel there is something interesting here. Let’s review some of the arguments involved: — From the page [...]

]]> By: laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14841 laurent Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:40:35 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/#comment-14841 Your reactions are all very interesting, and puzzle me a bit cause I don't really understand if you agree with my point or not. It seems we're really in a transition here, and it's hard for all of us to position ourselves. Uwe: many people won't be back. Trust me, I was running an event on ubiquitous/urban technologies yesterday, the guys who switched to that field (one of the new eldorados imho) won't be back, they are having way too much fun. Dani: I don't think early adopters lack a purpose for their tools. They just wish they were less invasive, and had more control over the interruptions they get all the time. Mike: I believe it's not only the people, it can also be the tools. See http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/09/01/tools-and-the-infinitely-malleable-human-brain/ Your reactions are all very interesting, and puzzle me a bit cause I don’t really understand if you agree with my point or not. It seems we’re really in a transition here, and it’s hard for all of us to position ourselves.

Uwe: many people won’t be back. Trust me, I was running an event on ubiquitous/urban technologies yesterday, the guys who switched to that field (one of the new eldorados imho) won’t be back, they are having way too much fun.

Dani: I don’t think early adopters lack a purpose for their tools. They just wish they were less invasive, and had more control over the interruptions they get all the time.

Mike: I believe it’s not only the people, it can also be the tools. See http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/09/01/tools-and-the-infinitely-malleable-human-brain/

]]> By: Mike Harrop http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14824 Mike Harrop Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:28:08 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/#comment-14824 So right. But it's just like blue goes out of fashion for a couple of years. People need to refresh their color-perception to see it as 'fresh' again. People try to communicate by using more digital. Then they blame digital because they're still not communicating. But digital ain't the problem - it's their communicating which is still zero. They blame the cement when the wall ain't straight. How to get to digital/physical where both have the same weight ? I'm trying to solve it with buddy-pods, using a new technology called chatting. http://www.firstlinegeneve.com Let's see if we can chat our way out of the hole. Offline of course. Good luck with Lift '09. So right. But it’s just like blue goes out of fashion for a couple of years. People need to refresh their color-perception to see it as ‘fresh’ again.
People try to communicate by using more digital. Then they blame digital because they’re still not communicating. But digital ain’t the problem – it’s their communicating which is still zero. They blame the cement when the wall ain’t straight.
How to get to digital/physical where both have the same weight ?
I’m trying to solve it with buddy-pods, using a new technology called chatting.
http://www.firstlinegeneve.com
Let’s see if we can chat our way out of the hole.
Offline of course.
Good luck with Lift ’09.

]]> By: Dannie Jost http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14196 Dannie Jost Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:17:16 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/#comment-14196 No Kidding! The web has evolved, it was never about the gadgets or the endless code bits and pieces. I like cars, really do, it has something to do with having grown up around RR and Jaguars. That said, cars and the web are both logistic tools. It is time to get on with it... it has been time to get on with it and deploy the "tools" for one's purposes. Trouble is, there is no purpose, you must create that and that is a bit of a complex task. So Laurent, where has the future gone? The future is always gone, it never arrives, it never materializes, in reality it never existed. I for my part like the fact that the future never quite existed... it would be so damn boring if we could predict it! So, let's keep playing, it is one wonderful adventure this thing that "they" call life. No Kidding! The web has evolved, it was never about the gadgets or the endless code bits and pieces. I like cars, really do, it has something to do with having grown up around RR and Jaguars. That said, cars and the web are both logistic tools. It is time to get on with it… it has been time to get on with it and deploy the “tools” for one’s purposes. Trouble is, there is no purpose, you must create that and that is a bit of a complex task. So Laurent, where has the future gone? The future is always gone, it never arrives, it never materializes, in reality it never existed. I for my part like the fact that the future never quite existed… it would be so damn boring if we could predict it! So, let’s keep playing, it is one wonderful adventure this thing that “they” call life.

]]> By: Uwe Hook http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-13910 Uwe Hook Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:46:02 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/01/08/the-early-adopters-crisis/#comment-13910 The same thing happened when the dot-com bubble burst. It's the typical path of attrition and people will get out of that mindset after a while. The Web 2.0 world is very demanding and time-consuming and it takes a lot of effort. But, everybody will be back. It's just part of the process The same thing happened when the dot-com bubble burst. It’s the typical path of attrition and people will get out of that mindset after a while. The Web 2.0 world is very demanding and time-consuming and it takes a lot of effort. But, everybody will be back. It’s just part of the process

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