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Harry Forsdick
Hi, I'm Harry Forsdick. Welcome to my web site. I have set up this site to deliver on my belief that the true value of the Internet is the Empowerment of the Individual -- our ability to inexpensively find information under our own control and our ability to publish facts, ideas, concerns, passions, joys, advice, etc...

I have been involved in the Internet since 1971, working at BBN where the ARPANet, the precursor to the Internet was developed. The maturation of the Internet is extremely satisfying to see, having worked thirty years ago imagining many of the tools and techniques that have come to pass.

This site is a collection of articles shown in reverse chronological order. Although a little confusing when you first encounter the site, if you come back, the most recently entered material is found at the top of the opening page. If this is your first time here, try going from bottom to top to experience the articles as I entered them.

The Internet creates a level playing field where the only thing limiting your ability to get your material published to the world is your own creativity and energy. I hope you enjoy this site.

Harry C. Forsdick
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Web 2.0 Applications

I notice that Google has now acquired the web application Writely. I've been using Writely for several months now -- primarily for my mother-in-law's MacMini where I didn't want to run any native apps that would have to store files in the file system (In the past, I have found that to be very confusing for her). This is the latest in the push towards Web 2.0 by Google (and many others) trying to provide full service applications over the internet. Google is trying to assemble a list of web applications which, when taken together form a very nice use-anywhere, share-anywhere web based implementation of all the applications you will need on your computer. This, of course, has been the promise of the Internet for a long time. more...


# posted by Harry on Friday, March 10, 2006 at 12:36 PM  
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