Whoso Prepareth A Place for the Mind-Uploaded Future Metaverse?

0That would be the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) working on incomprehensibly crude, yet nonetheless essential early conceptualization of this potential posthuman environment in Second Life.

Ethernet Everywhere

0Oh, I know! The internet should go REALLY FAST and Ethernet should be EVERYWHERE. What an original thought you've had, there. NOT.

Especially if you live in or around Mountain View, Sunnyvale, or Santa Clara, CA. Of course, we tried to get Palo Alto to think and act toward these ends in 1997 ... but you know The People's Republic of Palo Alto reputation for leadership, right?

Actually, MetoFi, Google Wifi, and several others nationwide and worldwide have been doing this for some time now. So this definitely qualifies for the Too Late, Somebody is Already Doing That roll call.

Oo! Social networking + Tags + Music ... we'll be Trillionaires!

0Um, or not. Long ago done by Last.FM. It's called scrobbling, as opposed to scrambling, which you may now return to, in the eternally vain pursuit of the Truly Original Idea.

Vlogging + Tag Clouds

0That would be called blip.tv (beta). They've been around since this time last year, but recent new infusions of cash may provide time to compete with YouTube. Doubtful, but it could happen.

A Full-on Spreadsheet Program, Web 2.0 Style

0You know you totally missed the innovation window if even the Wall Street Journal is clued into this one.