I am relieved the term "The Internet of Things" emerged. Imagine how annoying I'd be if it was instead "The Web of Things?" #peopleFirst

Apr 15, 2015 · 7:21 PM UTC

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@LarryABall where am I going? is my transporter ready? I'm not sure I understand your comment lol
@phidip 'm glad that you focused on the students not the things! But of course you would, my friend :) How did the lectures go?
Replying to @mholzschlag
.@mollydotcom I guess. But I still think of IoT as meaning "everyday stuff inexplicably equipped with wifi". I guess ESIEWW isn't as catchy.
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@JoshuaCarmody hahaha. That's the heart of it! I dislike either term but the mass media got the better of the two options.
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Replying to @mholzschlag
@mollydotcom HAHAHAHA. You know that's a W3C thing, right? w3.org/2014/02/wot/
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@cwilso I never saw that. nope something in my eye I guess? I don't know I just can't see what you're talking about...
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Replying to @mholzschlag
@mollydotcom then we would have needed the Email of Things, the Chat of Things, perhaps even some Blogs of Things.
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@grammarware I fear it's an inevitable Thing.
Replying to @mholzschlag
@mollydotcom WOT?
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@dstorey I'm in a state of denial over that and MUST fix it. That's my attitude and I'm sticking to it. My reference was mass media.
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