Over at Internet Time, Jay Cross (right) is trotting out a new possible buzzword for 2005.

UbiComp.

Short for ubiquitous computng.

He looks at real computing in the palm of your hand (via a mobile phone), IPv6 giving every device its own address, wired and wireless broadband everywhere, and calls it a singular moment in technology.

Then he turns to Adam Greenfield, with an essay on ethical ways to design this new user experience. (He also uses the term Always-On.)

Not sure if I like the term, but I buy the idea. And I think it's going to change the world as nothing has, by making rapid change and rapid technology evolution inevitable, for everyone, everywhere.

Lead, follow, or some Kid With A Clue in Botswana (left) will push you out of the way.