Web We Want

[fish-slapping-dance]

As most people here use the internet to make a living - this may be worth considering taking part in - if you tweet or use social media.

This is about the future of the internet  and how we shape it - and that includes online trading, thus ebay - it is huge - and it is from the bloke that invented the thing.

I feel justified posting it here - for people who use social media. 

25 years ago, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web and gave it to the world.

To mark the anniversary - this turning point for humanity - we are creating Web We Want - a major new three-part festival at Southbank Centre - which will be designed by YOU.

From here:

Tweeting session 3pm-5pm today

Nothing is for sale on the site - Sir T B-L gave the world the web as a gift.  This is a debate about the future of the internet - what people find good/ inspiring / bad etc.

🙂

[aernethril]

It's also even more vital given a BBC Radio 4 programme last night on how we're not only running out of webspace, we are actually in danger of running out of electricity to power the ever increasing demands by servers, gadgets etc.

It was not a wind-up - these are scientists who are seeking radical ways to cope with what they see as an increasingly imminent problem.

They say their logistical / requirements predictions were correct in terms of data demand, but their timescale predictions have become way out by over a decade or more - eg it's all happening much much sooner and the world is not keeping pace with that demand, so new ways to deal with data at least are going to have to be worked out.

[tony4cats]

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@aernethril wrote:

It's also even more vital given a BBC Radio 4 programme last night on how we're not only running out of webspace, we are actually in danger of running out of electricity to power the ever increasing demands by servers, gadgets etc.

It was not a wind-up - these are scientists who are seeking radical ways to cope with what they see as an increasingly imminent problem.

They say their logistical / requirements predictions were correct in terms of data demand, but their timescale predictions have become way out by over a decade or more - eg it's all happening much much sooner and the world is not keeping pace with that demand, so new ways to deal with data at least are going to have to be worked out.

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Yes i listened to that programme too. Was there not a time limit of the year 2020 if nothing was done to alleviate the problem,if i recall correctly.

[fish-slapping-dance]

  So - here it is - well well.

Perhaps one of the things I want for the future of the web is not to feel I am in a George Orwell novel......................