Age Of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data And The Future Of Privacy (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
Ein optimistischer Blick in eine Zukunft, in der kleine technische Geräte an und in uns dabei helfen, gesünder, produktiver und sicherer zu leben. Die beiden Autoren sind Geeks durch und durch, das merkt der Leser in jedem Satz. Sicherlich eine einseitig-positive Darstellung von mobiler Technologie, aber ein schöner Gegenentwurf zu all den pessimistischen Szenarien.Die Autoren beschreiben unzählige Start-ups und Ideen, die sich aktuell anschicken, unser Leben zu verändern. Teilweise gruselig, teilweise faszinierend. Lesenswert! I had been looking forward to reading this book as I follow Scoble's blogs and posts on Google+.This book in effect does a good job at distilling and summarizing a lot of the stuff he has been talking about, and the book certainly does a good job at describing the key concepts of the contextual world.If you are new to this topic, or have not followed Scoble's various activities online then this book will probably be a great introduction.If you have a reasonable grasp of contextual and sensor technologies and have followed some of his musings online, then I think this book will be a disappointment. It certainly was a big disappointment to me, but perhaps my expectations were far to high based on my keen interest and enthusiasm for this subject matter and the fact that I had been following Scoble's (and to a lesser extend Shah's) online musings.So, what are the problems? Well for me they can be summarised as following.1. A lot of stuff in the book is merely the "art of the possible" and speculative. They argue how things might/should be, but these (as they actually do accede to at the end) are predictions rather than reality.2. Most of the examples and case studies are US based, and whilst there are some token references to some companies in Europe and Japan. There might be good reasons for them to do this, however, I am aware of a lot of contextual stuff going on outside of the US, so it would have perhaps been wise to include a broader group to draw upon.3. The book mentions some of the key issues, but then does not go into any meaningful discussion or deep analysis. I guess I was expecting deep insights into some of these areas (for example, the issue on privacy and trust or the exploration on how this might disrupt or change business models) but none came. It left me feeling that the book was a little shallow and lacking substance.
What do You think about Age Of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data And The Future Of Privacy (2000)?
largely a waste of time with little insights if you're already familiar with latest tech trends
—genefer365
If you only read one chapter read the one on privacy. Chapter 12 applies.
—kool_kat99
