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Something that I realized this year is that I like pondering the future -- looking way out and imagining how the world will be different, what things people will be doing, etc. This probably stems from my interest in technology.
Prediction: The cloud
June 10, 2008
This one isn't exactly rocket science in 2008, but here goes: In the future, your information will be, for the most part, "in the cloud", which means, it won't exist on just one device, like a PC, but on several. Lots of it will be at your home, some of it will be on your person, and almost all of it will be on a server somewhere. But the point is this: That it won't matter whether you're using a PC at home, a PC at work, a mobile device on the run: Your data will always be with you, and device boundaries will be almost non-existant. Of course, it will be the Internet that will power this, allowing information to flow and sych from place to place as needed, transparently.
This kind of thing has developed a fair bit over the last 10 years, but it's got a long, long way to go. Here are some use cases:
  | A personal media library, including music, movies, etc. which are "in the cloud" and transparently accessible from your TV, your desktop PC, any one of your family member's laptops or handheld devices, even your car. View or buy from any location. Connect your hand held device to a friend's TV and watch your movies there. |
| Personal documents in the cloud + search. |
| Work documents accessible from home or on the run just as easily as if they were at work. |
Put a number on it: I think by 2025 the cloud will be pretty fantastic.
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Sharks with frikin' lasers on their foreheads!
May 20, 2008
Ok, so this post isn't really about sharks, it's about planes and lasers. I first read about this plane a year or so ago, but it sounds like they're getting closer to having it completed. We're definitely living in the future.
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The Age of Spiritual Machines
April 27, 2008
Although I've read The Singularity is Near, I have yet to read Ray Kurzweil's previous book, The Age of Spiritual Machines. I didn't realize that this book has predictions for 2009, 2019, 2029, and 2099, so I'm curious to see what good old Ray Kurzweil has to say. Although I don't have a lot of patience for the singularity theory, I think Ray is otherwise a brilliant guy and I expect his predictions for 2019 could be fun to read and ponder.
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