Everyone's always talking about the future. How is technology going to play into our lives? I envision a world where we'll carry around a palm sized pal that has all the information we need. For example, this past weekend my fiancée and I were attending a birthday party for my cousin at an uncomfortably crowded bar in downtown Chicago. By 2 AM we had had enough so we decided to nix the original plan of staying with some friends and hit the road back towards Indiana and get a hotel. We stopped in Merrillville and went to five hotels before finding one that was suitable.
In the future, Planet Earth v2.0, I'll be able to grab my palm sized pal, type in "available hotel rooms in Merrillville" and have instant access to which hotel rooms are available, pricing, pictures, and maybe...just maybe... a smell feature (nobody likes a stinky hotel room).
Why are we still waiting? APPS DEVELOPMENT! The technology is already in place. (except for the smell feature - someone seriously needs to get on that) We're waiting for its widespread implementation. (I don't actually have the iphone yet) It's so close. It's so close I can taste it. Maybe I should co-design these types of features into our content management system. It couldn't hurt. Actually these types of apps are probably under way as I sit here mindlessly waxing about the future. Oh well I guess I'll have to be a little more patient.
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