One of the many daily feeds I read had an interested piece about an 8-minute video put together by the Museum of Media History. I just finished watching it for a second time and see it as undeniably plausible. It’s also pretty interesting in that it is written as a future history of media from the vantage of 2014 (after the “news wars of 2010″)…
EPIC (the evolving personal information onstruct) is the eventual amalgamation of such indsutry giants as Amazon.com, Google, Blogger.com and Friendster, and represents a guess about how we may be consuming media in 8-10 years.
Take a look. I’m curious what you think. (My favorite line: “In 2014, The New York Times has become a print-only newsletter for the elite and elderly.”)
Monday | May 9, 2005 at 11:40 pm
Well, my first impression is that in 2014 I will have my own private home next to a sacred Telephone Pole… Federal Information Officers will surround my compound… as the standoff continues, tension grows… the last words heard before the stormtroopers’ assault: “I will not pay for a cable modem!”
So, anyway… what I was able to see so far on my free education dial-up connection looks very interesting… but I will try again at school with a faster connection.
Tuesday | May 10, 2005 at 12:18 am
Winston Smith — was that the guy in 1984?
Tuesday | May 10, 2005 at 12:07 pm
My first thought after watching this clip is i want to create a new company that can be used as a shield or go-between for buying on-line so your personal infomation isn’t being used to categorize you into a neat buying profile that could be used to someone elses advantage.
Wednesday | May 11, 2005 at 6:21 pm
Steve! I like it! SafePal? Buyer’s Shield? FairWall? Market Avatars? Demo Buster? Use any you like.
Wednesday | May 11, 2005 at 7:18 pm
You guys are so not drinking the kool-aid. If you are marketed to in the right way–with products that are of interest/use to you–you actually WANT the advertisements. It becomes information to you, not advertisements. Think about yourself, Steve, you’re a total Mac geek (like me). How many times do you flip through that MacMall catalog because you are “just curious” what is available. Or dad, you would never have found the Science Fiction Book Club without a demographically-targeted direct mail campaign soliciting your business.
Drink, drink, drink the kool-aid.
Thursday | May 19, 2005 at 9:24 am
I just have to comment on a couple of observations. Since I live in St. Pete AND on 3rd St. South, Winston must be my neighbor. I hate to say it, but he looks like an ax murderer, I better watch my back. The other observation is one that irritates the hell out of everyone in this area: Tampa Bay is a body of water, people, not a city, not a district, not a patch of grass in a park. Did I mention it irritates us? AND why does Florida, Tampa Bay and/or St. Petersburg continue to be the scourge of the nation? Sorry, I’ll answer that…anybody remember Election 2000, Terry Schiavo, missing kids? Ok, ok we are a wierd bunch!