COMMENTARY: Still experimenting at NCTA 2008

NEW ORLEANS – Convergence used to be considered a four-letter-word of sorts, too attached to the tech bubble which exploded so famously and harshly seven or so years ago to be taken seriously. Many never gave up on the word or the concept, agreeing instead that the types of convergence envisioned and tried in the late 1990s and early part of this decade was either wrong, or just too early. But can it be that in 2008, we’re still too early for convergence? That was the question I had this afternoon at the conclusion of the general session concentrating on...