Linked PSP to PS3

Whenever I start thinking Sony has run out of ideas , it surprises me with something new .. Yesterday one of my son's friend walked in with his brand new PSP. My son who is a Nintendo fan (despite having a PS3 at home ) was pretty impressed with PSP. ..

As the things settled down , we took close a look on PSP. Connected on USB, registration was flawless. It automatically created an access point on PSP for connecting to PS3 .. What amazed me was

• I could turn my PS3 on (from standby mode) thru inernet (or directly )
  
• Once PS3 was on , PSP was gone .. all I had was PS3 xbar on PSP
  
• Technically I could do anything that I would otherwise do on PS3
• Shutting down PS3 was easy and fast
  

Downsides

• MotorStorm didn't play ..said PSP doesn't support it
  
• I didnt have any PSP games on PS3 ..so couldn't run any game
  

Despite downsides ..I think its a great integration step forward .. PSP seems to have amazing networking capabilities.

Best thing , it impressed my son over Nintendo DS light .. looks like I will be able to save my PS3 :-)

eBay Desktop - Debate on Browser v/s Thick Client

eBay Desktop

World appearers to have gone full circle with introduction of "ebay Desktop". One can argue that the "eBay desktop" is based heavily on web technologies , but the point here is Not technology ...

Couple yrs back they claimed end of "client server" world .. Mantra was Be in Browser ...who would install those 250 mb thick clients ?

Everyone , including enterprise applications like SAP, Oracle and Siebel joined the band wagon. No one knows in real terms as to how much money or effort is wasted in webbitizing these mammoths but one thing is pretty sure ..... No one gave a thought as to what purpose application is designed for.

Such a simple thing .. It does make sense to have a browser based lite interface when the user is going to touch the application from different stations ...on the run .... and there is no sensible reason for installing the presentation layer. It isn't rocket science. But if someone is spending most part of his/her day in financials or inventory management, it better be pop up free, stable, fast and "Designed to do What it is meant to DO"

Then came Google Earth .. Some ppl raised an eyebrow,,, hmm the biggest player on web is giving you a thick client to install ..how come ? why ? "Wait a minute" , said Google, "If you wanna run likable 3D graphics , we need to capitalize your desktop resources".

And that is absolutely right... Thanks God Google does the right things.

And then "Second life" denounced the browser. They came up with their own browser thingie ,,,, but guys if you need to install something for a specific application (or game)..thats called a thick client .. ha ha ha .. I run in a browser ..my own 3D browser .. sh sh sh .. no one else uses it ..

But this is not bad .. This is actually a good thing .. There is no harm designing a application specific presentation layer if there is a good reason to do that ..

World is too big for IE or Mozilla ...