Democratic publishing
It's interesting that when Tim Berners-Lee originally invented the web he envisioned a media where all web users would create, publish and comsume information as peers. Unfortunately web sites were much too complex to create for the average Joe, and as a result we ended up with a model derived from traditional publishing institutions like magazines, radio and TV. A model where the average Joe passively consumes media, advertising-funded media which is often quite biased to be exact.
Fortunately all was not lost. I believe that the weblogging community will serve as a catalyst towards a new kind of web media, a media where the power of publishing is at anyone's disposal. In the future I hope to see much more than the weblogs of today, I hope to see all sorts of sites run by grassroots efforts instead of being funded and controlled by a large media institution. I hope I'm right.
What's with the sudden strike of playing prophet you say? I guess that the whole community thing is getting at me. An old friend from school, Niklas Salmi, just started his own blog (in Swedish). I guess I feel like I'm part of something on the verge of getting much bigger than one might think. The short term effects of technological innovations are always overstated, but the long term effects are always understated... we'll see.
All stories eventually come true
Remember what I said about the N-Gage on Monday? (November 3rd.) Take a look at what the Register dug up.
Gnome who?
According to what I've heard, Linus Torwalds has stated that Linux servers are boring, yesterdays news (or something to that effect). Linus is a desktop user, and that's where he wants his operating system. Linux might not be king of the desktop yet, but it's getting there. I have more reason to believe this than pure technological advances. Unfortunately, I'm running out of time here, so I'll just save that for another day.