Why Data Generation Will Become More Passive
The Internet of Things changes the very notion of how data is born.
An admittedly tech-challenged friend of mine asked me recently, "What is the Internet of Things?"
As someone who prides himself on heeding Einsten's words, I love queries such as these. People in tech should be able to explain to an eight-year-old what they do. Her question was very much on my mind as I penned this post.
A Ridiculously Brief History of User-Generated Data and the Web
Let's go back in time for a moment to the dawn of the World Wide Web. Depending on your age, you might not even remember an era with fax machines, land lines, and inter-office memos. Yes, we once did live in a world sans web pages, e-mail, and apps. Trust me. It really did exist. I was there.
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