It’s absolutely mind-boggling how much technology has reshaped our lives. Ten years ago we were barely learning how to send emails, and cell phones were a status symbol.
Yesterday I was sitting in my office and my phone rang. Actually, my cell phone rang. That needs to be clarified because it’s one of three phones on my desk. I have a land line that connects to the receptionist. I only use it for incoming calls because I have an IP phone for outgoing calls. I can call China and India for 2-cents a minute. To me, that’s ridiculous. It’s all completely ridiculous. And I don’t even have a Blackberry.
I could talk for hours about phones and how and why every grade-schooler in Orange County has a cell phone. It’s like Tivo…you never need it, but try it once and you’re hooked for life. But this post is about a phone call.
On the other end I hear Thacker’s voice with waves crashing in the background. Strange for a Thursday afternoon. “Micah, go to the Turtle Bay Resort Webcam!”
So I go and see this:
I’m not too excited about a beautiful Hawaiian resort unless I’m sitting poolside. So I’m hoping Thacker has a good explanation.
Then he tells me to “control” the webcam. So, I take control of the camera (Go to the link and try it yourself if you don’t believe me) and I zoom in to the middle of the three yellow umbrellas at the far end of the pool, expecting to see who knows what, and I see this:
Yes! That’s Thacker talking on the phone with me from the Turtle Bay Pool in Oahu! And he’s not on vacation, this is his job!
I think in ten years, when I’m video blogging on my own television station, I’ll have a link to a satellite cam that lets you zoom in on anyone, anywhere. I’ll also have Mac’s newest I-Mplant Server. It consolidates all of your phones, contact information, audio and video files, daily schedule–everything you can imagine–and puts it on a single chip. The first version was about the size of a gumball which was implanted into your neck. If you had one, they called you a “bumpy” and it was way cool. The next version had lights that glowed beneath your skin. Then they could fit them into tattoos. Then they could implant them into your hair.
The one I got streams wirelessly. So I don’t have all of the weird stuff on my head like the rest of you.
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