[HN Gopher] Lessons from 20 years of hype cycles (2016)
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Lessons from 20 years of hype cycles (2016)
 
Author : shandor
Score  : 22 points
Date   : 2021-07-04 16:06 UTC (6 hours ago)
 
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| wolverine876 wrote:
| It's a very interesting question, but I wonder about some of the
| understanding of specific technologies:
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| > it's true that many of the Hype Cycle's one hit wonders survive
| today, enjoying minor success or mindshare: Crowdsourcing - 2013,
| HTML5 - 2012, BYOD - 2012, Podcasting -2005
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| Those technologies have only "minor success or mindshare"? I'd
| say they have overwhelming success and they're now embedded in
| the (computer) culture. The article uses Wikipedia links.
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| > technologies that seem as poorly considered as parachute pants
| or perms. Just some of the one-hit wonders: ... Folksonomies
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| Isn't #tagging either folksonomy renamed or a direct descendant?
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| > Mesh Networks
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| Aren't those in the 'Emergence' category right now, being
| explored and developed by hackers and some businesses?
 
  | wongarsu wrote:
  | Mesh networks were for the longest time an interesting solution
  | in search for a problem. The best use case used to be city-wide
  | wifi networks, like the German Freifunk [1]. But now IoT brings
  | a compelling commercial use case, which is why you now hear
  | about e.g. Zigbee (which is also 20 years old)
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  | 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk
 
  | brailsafe wrote:
  | Parachute pants and perms are peak fashion right now
 
| smitty1e wrote:
| Question: if the really good ideas sell themselves (e.g. JSON as
| a data format), then does the presence of a Hype Cycle count
| against the goodness of an idea?
 
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