I was taking out trash out last night, it was New Years day. A good day to reflect on the new year, the future, and the like. I started to wonder, is the future here yet? Because when I was a kid 2009 seemed so far away, like flying car/star trek far away. As my mind wandered, it happened….
A loud SWOOOOOSH rang out from my pocket. It was a noise I’ve heard many times before, the simple sound an iPhone makes upon sending out a new email message. You see moments before I tended to my husbandly trash duties, I took a picture in our kitchen, attached it to an email, and sent it. As I walked the courtyard the following technical marvels were going on, right in my pocket:
- The image was being sent over the airwaves through AT&T’s 3G wireless network.
- It then bounced off my personal email server, where it was processed and send on to its final destination at Flickr.
- Once Flickr received it, it was automatically processed and uploaded to my photostream.
- Moments later that image would be aggregated to services like FriendFeed and Twitter.
All of this would happen before I even got the trash downstairs. So we don’t have flying cars, but holy shit we have some cool tech.
Enjoy and happy new year.
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Sean Percival is an internet entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:19 am
Yeah, but I’d still like that flying car.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:34 am
What you mean we don’t have this yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pUMlPBMQA
Seems like they were so sure ;)
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:54 am
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January 4th, 2009 at 1:58 am
But still we have to manually take out the trash. And where’s that app that will wash and fold my laundry for me?
January 5th, 2009 at 1:29 am
tell me about it! none of that cool kitchen tech disney talked about came true :(
January 6th, 2009 at 7:27 am
С Рождеством вас, уважаемый автор и читатели блога!
January 6th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Поздравляю автора, а также читателей блога с прощедщим Новым Годом, а также Рождеством!
January 6th, 2009 at 7:42 am
С Рождеством вас! Уважаемый администратор блога! Удачи и успехов во всех ваших начинаниях!
January 7th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Happy new year!
New year new thing will come, don’t worry about the past, just go ahead..
January 8th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Вот прошли праздники, нужно начинать работать. Жду вашего следуешего поста
January 8th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Автор, когда выйдет следующий пост?
January 24th, 2009 at 2:22 am
откуда у вас такие сведения?
January 26th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Легче нести ахинею, чем бревно.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:45 am
С большинством Ваших сообщений я не согласен, но этот пост впечатлил :)
March 17th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Кстати до, часто!
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
Ваш пост мне очень интересен и я бы хотел получить больше информации по этой теме в полседующих ваших постах. Спасибо за то что вы есть. Жду продолжения.
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Очень приятно видеть таких умный людей, красиво пишите посты, очень полезно и разнообразно. Буду вашей постоянной читательницей. Еще раз спасибо.
April 17th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Класс, все понятно теперь стало и доступно простому смертному =)
April 18th, 2009 at 9:23 am
теперь все ясно и понятно, о чем вы пытались донести. Я в шоке.
July 7th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
спасибо
October 9th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Читать новые посты проще, чем чем подписаться на ленту, бред, юзаю opera 10