Thursday, January 30, 2014

Can I put my Bluetooth under my pillow for a fairy?

I think that I am getting out of hand when it comes to technology. Is there a limitation that we, as a community, should hold ourselves accoubtable.  I love to plug things in and make them work: connect, ring, buzz, integrate, etc...  I just didn't realize, as I continue to collect these pairing peripherals, am I now overloaded with connectivity.

As soon as I think I am done, I see something else that fits in my pocket, delivers a technical climax, or integrates my desire and my technology as a single, whole being.



So here's the layout and, of course, there are a few devices missing because my son has my Acer Tablet and my new LG2 phone took the picture. I just purchased the Planatronics Bluetooth headset yesterday because of the new law in Illinois requiring handsfree use while operating a motor vehicle.  Pebble is there along with a Kindle Fire Tablet.  The Kindle came with AT&T; when I subscribed they gave it to me as a gift.  That is a nice thought as I don't have to consider the monetary outflow with that piece of technology.  Pebble was a Christmas gift from my lovely wife.  I suppose that is the right time to splurge.  The IPhone was delivered today as I use that one for work.  The laptop is one of four in the house as the boys are learning to work with data processing programs.

As I see technology continue to bloom into a all-to-connected world, I am falling suspect to the division of real life and a connected life.  I often think that maybe I should keep all the stuff in a shed and when I want to work on a project, I go out to the shed.  When I want to spend time with my family, I leave it in the shed so that my connectivity doesn't interfere with my "real" life, or is there a difference?

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Pebbles and Rocks

I bought a Pebble Watch and now I really feel well connected through my watch to the world.  Well not necessarily interactive but the vibration tells me when the world wants to connect with me.

I have to wonder where this technology will go.  Kim, a local futurist, shared with me that there will be a medical use for this technology.  Imagine real-time updates of internal activity of the heart.  Where will technology go as we sit idle the whole world changes before our eyes.


There he is, Mr. Gordon!  He is here to help us contribute to society and develop a useful skill set to make it in this ever-changing world of communications!  Although, as soon as we leave class, all that we just learned is obsolete!!