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.