Tim McCall Weblog

After reading the articles dealing with ubiquitous and moblie media I started wondering if we will ever reach a plateau again. Is this transitional phase going to slow down, or will advancements be so fast that we won’t have time to enjoy them. With the developments of personal fabricator machines, that question gets a little fuzzy. If a personal fabrication machine is eventually in every household similar to the PC’s today, then we will be able to make advancements at our own pace. There are some questions that arise in this world that exists down the road. If we all have machines that can make anything we want, what else will we need? Where will we work? What challenges would we face in everyday life. I mean if we have a machine that can make anything that we imagine along with personal storage of everything we encounter throughout a day, I think we might all become complete lazyasses.

I like lying in my bed after a long day and thinking about the things I did and learned. Sometimes it is a challenge to remeber exact conversations, or what a person was wearing, but my memory is not so bad that I need something to keep every second of my life on record. To me it just seems a little over the top to want your whole life stored to a hard drive. Ok so the old school in me is coming out again, but some things were definitley meant to be forgotten. One thing that I have found to be true is that time heals most wounds. It sounds stupid but forgetting something can definitley be beneficial to a person. I also do see how a database that has all this content can be beneficial as well when it is under control. The thing that freaks me out is that some people let the content control them.

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I’m a little more comfortable when we bring it back down to earth and talk about the advancement of cell phone technology. The article Shibuya Epiphany was interesting to me because it first made me want to get a better cell phone, and second think about them in a totally different way. The whole concept of telegraph to telephone is something that I enjoy simply because of the fact that they werent meant to do what people have done with them. The social adaptation of technology is what drives this major part of our economy. The cell phone was simply set up to be a phone you can use on the go, but in a few years I doubt there will even be anything as a cell phone. The cell phone is going to be our PC. The capabilities are already starting to pile up and it is becoming engrained in our culture. It is interesting that the United States is considered second rate when it comes to cell phone technology. If cell phones are the PC of the future, shouldn’t we get on that. I think that whoever does “get on that” as far as moble wireless connection and streaming video will be the top dog for a long time to come….