e of every capability of the WEB 2.0 protocol - before we even start considering the use
of WEB 3.0 - to simulate real methods of open and disparate discussions, down the pub so to
speak, it is doomed to failure from a truly synergetic stand-point. Needless to say the seed that
was zaadz has been sown and blossomed in many ways, and although the window of opportunity
which WEB 2.0 presented is now almost closed, who knows what the future of the WEB and its
potential 10 billion users will bring !!!???
During the early part of my training as a civilian pilot/air traffic controller in the 1960's I was first
introduced to the mind-blowing experience of "flying" a de Havilland Trident Simulator. It was
mind-blowing for me, as a dyslexic 3D thinker, because my own vision as a child was of a future
time when we would be able to personally experience a simulation of the reality such that we
would not be able to tell the difference between the simulation and the reality. It had been
because of the support from my parents and their parents that I had succeeded in getting into
that simulator in the first place, but along the way I had been exposed to all of their diverse
spiritual & scientific beliefs despite the fact that they all subscribed to a similar set of values and
principles. As a result I was set on my own journey of discovery for the scientific reasoning for
mine and others personal experiences of spiritual connectivity. My eventual qualification as a joint
civilian/military air traffic controller took me to places I could not have even imagined - to the
point where I was being invited by the likes of IBM to present to them personal computer driven
multi-media simulations of future 3D global radar scenarios.
During the nascency of the world-wide web, discussions with Hewlett Packard, Kodak & Phillips
suggested the possibility of establishing a very powerful consumer driven social networking
environment, based on discussions about the implications and applications of the still to be
ratified WEB 2.0 protocol. As has often been the case, in my experience, existing companies have
been slow to react to the invariably small window of opportunity with which they are faced and
so it was with HP, Phillips and then Kodak. In the meantime the likes of Friendster and Myspace
appeared on the scene without incorporating the really powerful development capabilities which
the WEB 2.0 protocol provided for. So it was during 2005 that I became aware of a team of people
who were fully WEB 2.0 savvy, led by a man called Brian Johnson, working on a project called
ZAADZ. From the day of BETA launch I watched from afar and became mightily impressed by
every aspect of the ZAADZ initiative and so it was after some nearly six months I plunged in
head-first.
In the meantime I continue to cherish what was and try to NOT forget that we are what we are
in some small and even significant way, because of our TIME@zaadz.
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establishing as part and parcel of the planned city-wide installation
of Fibre Cable Network, the latest updated version of Canon's
Networked Colour, Exemplar Demonstrator, in a Copy Shop
which was being built in a disused factory, which when I first arrived,
was surrounded by brand-new park benches on which very friendly,
under-employed workers sat talking and smoking.
When at first the money started flowing into East Germany, the
authorities had so much and so little to spend it on in Dresden,
that they replaced and expanded massively the number of old
'park-benches' to facilitate the situation. On arrival at the airport,
on that first occasion, internally painted wooden tunnels had been
erected for the passengers to walk through, from the aircraft to
the terminal building, and on exit I was met by a sea of Trabant
taxis and their drivers vying for my trade. That first journey, what
with the state of the unmaintained roads and the interminable wait
at the multitude of traffic light controlled junctions, took 25
minutes or more. The last visit, taking the same route in a
Mercedes Benz, took less than 10, despite all the roadworks
engaged in the installation of fibre-optic network cables
throughout the city. What a contrast to the situation today
where it appears that Dresden has risen from the ashes and
Dortmund has become the old Dresden !!!???
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