In-Depth
The State of Technology According to Google Auto-Fill
What does the first entry of Google's auto-fill feature say about various technologies? For some reason we recently decided to find out.
- By Becky Nagel
- April 28, 2011
All results gathered across a few random nights in March and April 2011. Your results may vary.
- Cloud Computing is bullsh*it
- Virtualization is the future
- Parallel computing is the future
- Parallel programming is hard
- Agile is dead
- Scrum is not enough
- Disaster recovery is important
- Thin clients are in again
- VOIP is free
- Hacking is easy
- Software is obsolete
- Databases are obsolete
- Servers are down
- Browsers are slow
- Ports are open
- Open source is better
- Freeware is free
- APIs are forever
- Middleware is everywhere
- Tablets are stupid
- Desktops are dying
- Smart phones are expensive
- Mobile computing is useful only in professions
- Laptops are cooking peoples (sic)
- Mainframes are used
- Cabling is intact
- Wireless is slow
- IPV4 is gone
- IPV6 is installed
- Coding is fun
- Programming is hard
- Scripting is not programming
- Network architecture is the design
- Big data is less about size
- Interoperability is important
- Video conferencing is green
- Data centers are becoming big polluters
- DRM is evil
- File sharing is good
- Web 2.0 is bullsh*t
- 3G is so slow
- 4G is a myth
- SEO is dead
- HTML 5 is dead
- CSS is awesome
- CSS 3 is not HTML 5
- Social media is not
- IT jobs are boring
- Software testing is boring
- Game development is thirsty work
- Tech support is not the answer
About the Author
Becky Nagel is the vice president of Web & Digital Strategy for 1105's Converge360 Group, where she oversees the front-end Web team and deals with all aspects of digital projects at the company, including launching and running the group's popular virtual summit and Coffee talk series . She an experienced tech journalist (20 years), and before her current position, was the editorial director of the group's sites. A few years ago she gave a talk at a leading technical publishers conference about how changes in Web browser technology would impact online advertising for publishers. Follow her on twitter @beckynagel.