There are a lot of well-known online personalities that have successfully made the jump to print media (I'm thinking specifically of Derek Powazek and Jeffrey Zeldman, both of whom have penned extremely readable, extremely insightful books). I'd like to see a continuation of this trend. Whoever can lure Matt Haughey into penning a slim tome on the creation and repurcussions of Metafilter or get the entire ex-crew of Pyra to pen a book on the history and repurcussions of Blogger might have a couple of bestsellers on their hands, if only because of the built-in audience each of these tools already possess.
Look, the PC industry is best likened to the auto industry. Even if -- and I doubt this greatly -- we truly are nearing the tight and skinny end of Moore's Law, how many real innovations have shaken the automobile industry lately? Although it is indeed very likely that PC sales will drop considerably as we near market saturation, people will continue to buy new PCs for the same reasons that they continue to buy new cars: the old one gets a little too slow, gets worn around the edges, or just isn't as hip and flashy as the new models. As a result, the PC makers will begin to reflect sales similar to those of the auto industry: slow curves between periods of demand and periods of lulled sales. While the explosive growth period may indeed be slowing, it's ridiculous to think that we'll stop buying PCs altogether. (Especially those of us who depend on laptops.) -- Geoffrey Long Editor-in-Chief, Dreamsbay Magazine www.dreamsbay.com/dmlmag/v oic e/totq
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There are a lot of well-known online personalities that have successfully made the jump to print media (I'm thinking specifically of Derek Powazek and Jeffrey Zeldman, both of whom have penned extremely readable, extremely insightful books). I'd like to see a continuation of this trend. Whoever can lure Matt Haughey into penning a slim tome on the creation and repurcussions of Metafilter or get the entire ex-crew of Pyra to pen a book on the history and repurcussions of Blogger might have a couple of bestsellers on their hands, if only because of the built-in audience each of these tools already possess.
Look, the PC industry is best likened to the auto industry. Even if -- and I doubt this greatly -- we truly are nearing the tight and skinny end of Moore's Law, how many real innovations have shaken the automobile industry lately? Although it is indeed very likely that PC sales will drop considerably as we near market saturation, people will continue to buy new PCs for the same reasons that they continue to buy new cars: the old one gets a little too slow, gets worn around the edges, or just isn't as hip and flashy as the new models. As a result, the PC makers will begin to reflect sales similar to those of the auto industry: slow curves between periods of demand and periods of lulled sales. While the explosive growth period may indeed be slowing, it's ridiculous to think that we'll stop buying PCs altogether. (Especially those of us who depend on laptops.)
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Geoffrey Long
Editor-in-Chief, Dreamsbay Magazine
www.dreamsbay.com/dmlmag/v oic e/totq