New technology and old technology can interact in various ways

2 perfect examples: -

Brad Kellett, founder of Obsolete Skills (and the guy who recommended Media Temple to us…damn u ) has used technology to help people look back and collaboratively document skills that have become obsolete. In looking at many of the skills documented, you see that many were tied to old technology and became obsolete as the technology did. The site was started after Robert Scoble blogged on the topic. Scoble then noted that the wiki had started and they got 45,000 hits in the first month. Sure the traffic has mostly disappeared but it showed that people, even geeks, weren’t quite ready to stop reminiscing just yet.

Malcolm Lambert, founder of Intresto, has developed some software called RockSolver that aims to make construction more sustainable by automating the hard 3D geometric shape fitting that is currently being done in the minds of skilled stone masons. It’s a really interesting application of matching old-world skills that are becoming obsolete, with modern technology, to create superior solutions.

Either way, its good to see a couple of Aussies doing well by looking to, rather than forgetting, the past as so many people do when it comes to the tech startup game.