Ponderings

I'm reviewing the HTC S710 for IOL Technology. Interesting phone. Has WLAN, Bluetooth, USB (of course) and *cough* Windows Mobile 6. I'm no Windows fan, but I thought I'd see if Microsoft was any good in the mobile arena.

I read a nice article today on News24.com about blogging by Benedict Kelly, since it's been a hot topic in the South African cyberspace after David Bullard wrote his little tirade on blogging and Patricia De Lille has been outspoken about censorship of blogs. And it's nice to see someone actually doing some thinking and investigation before spewing out some garbage about a subject they know very little about.

I was reading an article on IOL Technology today about how we're in the "Over-Design Age" and that got me thinking about inventions and innovations. Now there are two types of innovation, so let me explain...

• Evolutionary Innovation: This is when an innovation is a logical progression of an existing technology or system. Take DVD's for instance: they are simply a logical progression of CD's. Blu-Ray and HDDVD? Same thing.
• Revolutionary Innovation: