Defrag Blog

Brad’s been talking about what he means by “the implicit web” — saying that he wants his computing infrastructure to “to get smarter about what I care about, who I trust, what information I want more of (or less of), and to help me discover new relevant stuff – automagically.”

So, how deep does that “infrastructure” go?

This morning my friend Phil Windley (who is coming to Defrag - are you?) is blogging about the recent dustup with the iPhone, and what that means in terms of open computing platforms.

All of this made me think of a session I just put on the agenda — the one about “community-driven gadgets” and Bug Labs. The reason that I wanted Bug Labs there is that we often tend to limit our view of what the “implicit web” can mean to simply software. But that shouldn’t be the end of things. “Open platforms,” especially ones that are seeking to utilize a community to drive their implementation should include hardware as well.

I’m looking forward to enlarging the “community driven” discussion past widgets, modules and all things “collective” into the realm of where technology and physicality meet (hardware).

[ps: Did I mention that we're now just over one month out from the show? Oh yes, you should register and get your hotel room booked while there's still time and *room*.]