News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Dropbox inventor determined to build the next Apple or Google. Parent comment

Re:Dropbox inventor determined to build the next Apple or Go... by __alexs on Sunday January 15, 2012 @06:42AM (#3466944)
To me, the cloud is "Far." My computer is "Near."

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/06/near-far-summary.html

I don't think current technology (i.e. actual implementations) comes close to getting past this sort of psychological barrier yet.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Dropbox inventor determined to build the next Apple or Go... by Flimm on Sunday January 15, 2012 @12:06PM (#3467573)
Funny, to me, the cloud is "near" and my computer is "far". The cloud follows me wherever I go, which I can't say for my laptop.
[ Parent | on HN ]