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FEATURED TOPICDigital Transition -The term "Digital Transition" describes the process all organizations must go through in the 21st Century, as they leverage new technologies that provide new options for Applications, Equipment, Processes, and Networks that make them more effective. In contrast, the term "Municipal Wireless" is limiting. It puts the network technology ahead of the application and process changes that drive the business case. ORIENTATION |
« Mobile TV Anyone? | Weblog | Pass the Brand X, Please » From Glob to Blob to Blog ... Everybody Run!BBC NEWS | Technology | One blog created 'every second' Indescribable... Indestructible! Nothing Can Stop It! Indescribable... indestructible... insatiable The indestructible creature! Bloated with the blood of its victims! It crawls.... It creeps.... It eats you alive! A mysterious creature from another planet, resembling a giant blob of jelly, lands on earth. The people of a nearby small town refuse to listen to some teenagers who have witnessed the blob's destructive power. In the meantime, the blob just keeps on getting bigger. From The Blob (1958) on the Internet Movie Database Blogs - great idea, funny name...While reading this article reporting on stats from blog-watching site Technorati, such as - the number of blogs doubles every 5 months - I couldn't help but think of the classic sci-fi thriller from 1958, one of Steve McQueen's first movies. I saw it on our family's black & white TV back in the 1960s and it always stuck with me as my first "scary" movie. Gives me chills to this day, but I'm sure its nothing like Silence of the Lambs scary. The basic plot line is that two teenagers know about this blob from outerspace that keeps getting bigger, but nobody believes them, until it is as big as a house at the end. Man, it scared me back then! Fast forward 40 years and I'll explain my analogy - I really think that blogs are a cultural phenomenon, but many people are still unaware of them. See my post The Wisdom of Crowds, the Safety of Numbers, urging those who would build a community network to get started on a community blog - its a great tool to gather momentum and track your progress in an open forum. Don't be one of the non-believers, start your blog before it's too late! Oh, and by the way, the working title for this movie was The Glob, which is (almost) Blog spelled backwards .... OOOOOOOOOOOHHH!!! PS - be sure to check out the Internet Movie Database when you get time - one of my favorite sites, with EVERYTHING there is to know about movies. Great to pull up if you have a question while watching a video. Posted on August 02, 2005 at 05:18 PM CommentsPost a commentTrackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: |
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