The Next Big Thing? Open Peripheral Hardware Connectivity
Source: OS News
In the original article, Joshua proposed: "A system of computing that allows you to carry with you at all times your documents, configuration, and even programs stored in flash memory. And then upon arrival at your destination...your home, your hotel room, libraries...all of these destinations would be equipped with generic computers. So that you would just plug in your very own personalized context(flash), and using your own files, you could e-mail, surf the Web, edit documents, essentially do anything you would do at home or work."
And then Joshua sums it all up, "That's the point of this entire system, to be able to work on your stuff everywhere, to never have to worry about anything being left behind." My apologies to Joshua if I, in my paraphrasing, have mangled any of his insights. But, this is pretty heady stuff for an 18-year-old. And in my estimation...HE'S RIGHT ON!
But, hasn't this always been the computing Holy Grail? To have something portable you can take with you. Something that's ubiquitous. Something, similar to, and as simple as the telephone. Just plug it into the wall...and have it work every time, giving the equivalent of "digital dial tone". Yes, that's definitely the idea. But, in my mind (up to now) the quest for this envisioned level of ease and simplicity has not happened.
