The shift is on (Again)
I was looking for one event in the past year for me that stood out in the High Tech events, and one thing that did rise above the rest was a one day trip I took to the Bay Area and I left my laptop behind and only took my Apple iPhone 3G. This may not sound like much, but it was monumental.
Quite few years ago, I abandoned my desktop for a laptop as my main computer, it worked out great (it sounds blasé now but at the time people called my crazy). I would have my Desktop as the spare home base computer and my laptop would go everywhere with me. This year, I have my laptop as my home base computer and my iPhone as my “go everywhere” device. You see this trend accelerate into the new year. With a quick few gestures I can check my email accounts, scan the social media sites for trends before my laptop would even boot.
On my son’s birthday last week we had a few people over the house for the day. As the evening progressed the older guys started watching the evening news, I thought it was funny, it was the first time all year that I had watched Television to get any kind of news. They were talking about the news hosts for this that and the other thing and I was completely lost. When it comes to the tech industry, when you subscribe to the better Twitter or Facebook feeds you can actually get better trends analysis than by going to the established tech sites. Of course people still think I am nuts.
sigh
