@Leo Agreed this isn't the future it's rebranding, cloud computing is like the 'blanket' Web giving you coverage and comfort! - Joe Dawson via FriendFeed MT Plugin

This is a tough one. I've been using Twine for months and writing about the Attention Economy for over a year - but I can't help feeling that the semantic future has fallen a tad flat. Sorry Nova - I want to believe, but how can I when Twine has shown itself to be just an amped-up social bookmarking service? It's great that Twine knows how to tag something when I link to it ... but that's like putting a new set of tail fins on the Buick: it's still just an over-built gas guzzler, or in this case a bookmark and no more. I thought the point of semantic applications was to bring relevant information out of the cloud (whether that cloud is the web, the desktop, etc.) and insert it into what I am already doing like an invisible reference clerk behind the scenes. If I have to halt my thought process to search for, find, and insert that perfect word/information/photo/metaphor to express my idea or support my arguments then the whole point of the semantic "whatever" is lost. Bottom line the desktop will remain - practicehacker via FriendFeed MT Plugin

I wonder, if the desktop is skipped, how a browser is going to allocate memory, going to connec to the internet, showing an interface on your screen, basically going to interact with whatever hardware you run it on? - Ewald via FriendFeed MT Plugin