A brief history of the Internet address: From killer domains to URL shorteners

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Budi Putra in Tech

JUST LIKE A TWITTER USER nicely puts it, here is the brief history of the Internet addresses: Round 1: “cool” domains, site forwarding (.nu, jump.to); Round 2: domain hacks (del.icio.us); and Round 3: URL shorteners (tinyURL, bit.ly, goo.gl, fb.me).

Bit.ly recently announced bit.ly Pro for publishers and bloggers that will be able to use their own short domain names; Google introduced goo.gl as a feature for Google Toolbar and Feedburner; and Facebook released fb.me for its mobile interface.

How hard to be the futurists

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Budi Putra in Tech

Futurists, or futurologists, are those who speculate about the future. I  discovered some famous quotes on computer evolution; it shows that how difficult to imagine about the future of computer. 

“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” –Popular Mechanics (1949) “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” –Business executive arguing against the PC (1977) “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” –Bill Gates, referring to computer memory (1981)

Do you have some more?