the Not too Distant Past, Present & Future - Technology

Circles, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, YouToo and however many more Social Media sites there are, way too much, too confusing...like in the days of IM/Instant Messaging a type of online chat 80's-90's, with PowWow, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, CompuServe, Yahoo IM, ICeeYou, CU-SeeMe, you had to join/subscribe to several to be able to talk either by typing or voice.

Allow others to join in, so you could chat with 2 or more people at once.  Then select Invisible, as if others saw you online, then they wanted to chat, you had 2 or 3 Chat/IM's open at once connected by a 56K modem or less 14.4 baud modem.  Then came software to connect your Chat/IM's within one program.

I go back before AOL, CompuServ, Genie, Prodigy, Tripod with Usernets & BBS, when with e-mail you could not write someone on AOL unless you were a subscriber.  I was on Prodigy in 1984, also the first service to offer the "Home Page" html.

Then came Friendster, MySpace, Facebook...Blog Early, Blog Often (BeBo)

the Computer having been around for so many years before the above evolution was to save time and paper...how funny is that.  And I believe the Computer was also that of Organization, for your files, documents, pictures, music, videos, etc.

People wanted Computers to do what they wanted, when they themselves did not know...as the Computer was to do the thinking for you, was Smart and should know everything.  Only became very Frustrating, those still trying to figure out the Remote Control or use the Microwave.

Pencil with eraser, Paper, Ink Pen, Tape Recorder were aids used in School.  Folders and File Cabinets, which probably every business still uses...hard drives smaller and smaller holding more, the Thumb Drive with no moving parts, Wireless computing, Laptops, Notebooks, SmartPhones, iPods, iPhone, etc.

1/3 of the world possibly uses the Internet

Today...the Glass, Face Recognition, Security Cameras everywhere, monitor your Home from Work, track your children & family, your car, someone's phone...so we become the snoop, spy, eavesdropper, Googling everything and everyone.

NSI (National Security Institute), NSA (National Security Agency) and so the World is made up of Spies, to watch secretly, to search or look for intensively, be alert,    watchful, observant, attentive, of your surroundings...vigilant to avoid danger.

Even our Cars are now driving Computers, equipped with WiFi, rolling Wi-Fi hot spots connected to the Internet, in-car technology, that is to improve driver awareness and reduce distractions, alert you of road conditions ahead or the closest restaurant, filling station (fuel or electricity), so your Vehicle comes with a Media Package, Touch Screen, Voice commands...wait there is the Vehicle that drives itself and parks, just sit back and socialize.

People will not be asking how fast your car will go in 60 sec., or how many Horsepower are under the Hood...it will be What Can Your Car Do, that Mine Cannot...no more Radio, CD/Tape Player, Cigarette Lighter, but On-board Computer-ing, factory-installed GPS systems, HUD (Heads Up Display), Touch Screen, WiFi, USB Ports, Applications, Memory, Data Transfer Rate.

Android on Steroids, I doubt you will find Microsoft Windows OS in your vehicles computer system.   Mechanic asks the Owner, what is your problem...I think my Car has a Virus, on the Heads Up Display shows "Not Responding", Re-Boots and then shows Operating System Not Found.

Cruise Control was something of the future at one time...cars that fly, or are amphibious, so what is the next invention, way of life....the 3D Printer, make your own Heart out of your own cells...maybe cloning that child you wanted.