The 24×7 Ubiquitous Connectivy Blues

摘要

The pundits assure us that some day soon, we'll always be connected—24×7×52—anywhere on earth. Ubiquitous computing. Full-time interactivity. Always reachable, always connected: We will never be alone again. Most articles I've read about ubiquitous connectivity and constant availablity enthuse that this is a great idea. It will be swell that our devices are always on and attached to us, no matter where we are—and the devices will know where we are. All the better to feed us place-specific ads and coupons. The System (GooYahLiveAsk, ISPs, and friends) will know where we are, where we've been, what we've been looking at on the UbiquiNet, so we'll get information and ads—lots of ads—tailored to our interests.