Comments on: Musing about necessities and jaded tastes http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-471518 JP Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-471518 Michael, that would be good. Ping me via jp@bt.com and I will set something up. I arrive Tuesday, leave Thursday. Michael, that would be good. Ping me via jp@bt.com and I will set something up. I arrive Tuesday, leave Thursday.

]]> By: Michael Linton http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-471517 Michael Linton Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:48:09 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-471517 JP - I see (by twit) you're to be in SF next week, which is in my time zone, albeit considerably south. Maybe we can chat while on the same clock? JP – I see (by twit) you’re to be in SF next week, which is in my time zone, albeit considerably south. Maybe we can chat while on the same clock?

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-469053 JP Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:16:46 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-469053 Ernie Yacub brought LETS back on to my radar screen only a few days ago, Michael, so it's good to see you here. See http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/01/10/only-connect/#comment-467927 Sean, we need to develop this theme. You around this week to have a chat? Ernie Yacub brought LETS back on to my radar screen only a few days ago, Michael, so it’s good to see you here. See http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/01/10/only-connect/#comment-467927

Sean, we need to develop this theme. You around this week to have a chat?

]]> By: Michael Linton http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-469049 Michael Linton Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:01:13 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-469049 [...] Money cultures and technologies will co-evolve more rapidly beside and beyond the established structures than within them. Mobile technologies for money - MPESA, OBOPAY for instance - are establishing in the developing world where landlines and conventional banking are unrealistic. Before any such systems were released for "real" money between "real" users and "real" bank accounts, you can be sure they were tested on virtual users and virtual banks, and moved virtual money. Systems that can support "real" money can readily support other currencies in parallel - how long before we have chips with everything? [...] [...] Money cultures and technologies will co-evolve more rapidly beside and beyond the established structures than within them. Mobile technologies for money – MPESA, OBOPAY for instance – are establishing in the developing world where landlines and conventional banking are unrealistic. Before any such systems were released for “real” money between “real” users and “real” bank accounts, you can be sure they were tested on virtual users and virtual banks, and moved virtual money. Systems that can support “real” money can readily support other currencies in parallel – how long before we have chips with everything? [...]

]]> By: The Park Paradigm - (open) Money money money. http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-468926 The Park Paradigm - (open) Money money money. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:11:49 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-468926 [...] I wonder if JP isn’t on to something: I start wondering whether the developing world’s enterprises will derive value from Enterprise [...] [...] I wonder if JP isn’t on to something: I start wondering whether the developing world’s enterprises will derive value from Enterprise [...]

]]> By: The Park Paradigm » (open) Money money money. http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-183419 The Park Paradigm » (open) Money money money. Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:51:33 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-183419 [...] I wonder if JP isn’t on to something: I start wondering whether the developing world’s enterprises will derive value from Enterprise [...] [...] I wonder if JP isn’t on to something: I start wondering whether the developing world’s enterprises will derive value from Enterprise [...]

]]> By: Partha Kannan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-183282 Partha Kannan Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:24:53 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-183282 JP, Thanks for sharing this . Your interpretation does give a totally different perspective and it is really fascinating, especially as someone who is part of the developing world. I think over the last few years the developing world has overtaken the developed world in realising the power of software and the internet and ofcourse mobiles as you have pointed out. This reminds me of the story about the hare and the tortoise race and I am excited and eager to see the real life result! JP,

Thanks for sharing this . Your interpretation does give a totally different perspective and it is really fascinating, especially as someone who is part of the developing world. I think over the last few years the developing world has overtaken the developed world in realising the power of software and the internet and ofcourse mobiles as you have pointed out. This reminds me of the story about the hare and the tortoise race and I am excited and eager to see the real life result!

]]> By: Mario Ruiz http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-183194 Mario Ruiz Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:02:29 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/03/musing-about-necessities-and-jaded-tastes/#comment-183194 Dear JP, You are certainly not "confused" by any trivial issue at all. Why only “western” use of the web for pornography and gambling is a decadent signal? Why the eastern use is not? Reading about Roman incorporation of marriage among siblings at that time was a signal of openness to a new Egyptian culture. Maybe too open it is true. But may we have another view of the use of pornography? Why do you say that the developing world’s enterprises are not deriving value from Enterprise 2.0 and social software faster? Of course if pass the barrier of having decent Internet, then you can make a test: choose at Linkendin, executives from Argentina. You will se plenty of my friends. Make another one: find the demographics or Orkut, you will find that Brazil is maybe # 2. One thing is sure. There are people who do not understand there is game in the world. Maybe less than 3% of the world know how to play the games. Just a few of them make the rules. And most of them are in the US. Either we like it or not. Mario Ruiz @ www.oursheet.com Dear JP,

You are certainly not “confused” by any trivial issue at all.

Why only “western” use of the web for pornography and gambling is a decadent signal? Why the eastern use is not?

Reading about Roman incorporation of marriage among siblings at that time was a signal of openness to a new Egyptian culture. Maybe too open it is true. But may we have another view of the use of pornography?

Why do you say that the developing world’s enterprises are not deriving value from Enterprise 2.0 and social software faster? Of course if pass the barrier of having decent Internet, then you can make a test: choose at Linkendin, executives from Argentina. You will se plenty of my friends. Make another one: find the demographics or Orkut, you will find that Brazil is maybe # 2.

One thing is sure. There are people who do not understand there is game in the world. Maybe less than 3% of the world know how to play the games. Just a few of them make the rules. And most of them are in the US. Either we like it or not.

Mario Ruiz
@ http://www.oursheet.com

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