Slides for a talk I gave in Munich on Dec. 2nd, 2016, on invitation of Harvey Nash. Talking about the Impact of Software and the Internet of Things on several industries and some common fallacies when trying to come up with strategies surrounding IoT.
13. “The truth in no online database will replace your
daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place
of a competent teacher and no computer network
will change the way government works.
How about electronic publishing? Try reading a
book on a computer. At best, it’s an unpleasant
chore: the myopic glow of a clunky computer
replaces the friendly pages of a book.”
– Clifford Stoll in Newsweek: Feb. 1995
14.
15. Then there’s cyberbusiness.
We’re promised instant catalog shopping —
just point and click for great deals. We’ll order
airline tickets over the network, make
restaurant reservations and negotiate sales
contracts. Stores will become obsolete.
So how come my local mall does more business
in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles
in a month?
– Clifford Stoll in Newsweek: Feb. 1995
17. “The WWW project was started to allow a high energy
physicists to share data, news, and documentation.”
http://www.kpcb.com/file/2016-internet-trends-report
21. “I like to say that I write about
media generally and journalism
specifically because the industry is
a canary in the coal mine when it
comes to the impact of the Internet:
text shifted from newsprint to the
web seamlessly, completely
upending the industry’s business
model along the way.”
– Ben Thompson
27. »More and more major
businesses and industries are
being run on software and
delivered as online services—
from movies to agriculture to
national defense.
Over the next 10 years, I expect
many more industries to be
disrupted by software, with new
world-beating Silicon Valley
companies doing the disruption
in more cases than not.«
– Marc Andreessen: Why Software Is Eating The World (2011)
69. UBER, the world’s largest taxi
company, OWNS NO VEHICLES
FACEBOOK, the world’s most
popular media owner,
CREATES NO CONTENT
ALIBABA, the most valuable
retailer, HAS NO INVENTORY
And AIRBNB, the world’s
largest accommodation
provider, OWNS NO REAL
ESTATE
– Tom Goodwin