It is confusing, and information overload is a major problem. There is no central index to easily find information, receiving graphic images is frustratingly slow and there is a serious lack of security. Still those are kinks that will be solved as the technology evolves,
Predictor: Broadhead, Rick
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article she wrote for The Toronto Sun, Michele Mandel quotes Rick Broadhead. She writes: ”Surprisingly, Rick Broadhead, co-author of the 1995 Canadian Internet Handbook, agrees with many of the criticisms [of the Internet]. It is confusing, he concedes, and information overload is a major problem. There is no central index to easily find information, receiving graphic images is frustratingly slow and there is a serious lack of security. Still those are kinks that will be solved as the technology evolves, he says. ‘It’s still very much in its infancy.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Toronto Sun
Title, headline, chapter name: Net Takes Wrong Turn
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=85aa955369397b6f5f62122ec1c28257&_docnum=22&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlAl&_md5=d4b17b699240700355add1db66c4dfe6
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