Pacific Passion
Change is inevitable in this world especially when the talk is about technology; the world has experienced a rapid transformation. There is nothing astonishing if I put forth the transition I have witnessed in the digital world in a timeframe less than two decades. Black & White TV’s have got replaced with color ones, and now we have LCD’s. Radios and Tape recorders to walkman and walkmans to new iPods, Postal service & Telegram offices have become relatively free as most of the letters and information is been passed through emails, Telephones & Fax. Decades back having a computer of 256 MB RAM had been a talk in the town and now personal laptops with 8 or 16 GB RAM and Tablets are quite ordinary things. In schools and colleges blackboards have got replaced by projectors, lesson plan goes as presentations, I am not sure if there’s a trend of emailing the progress report cards to parents. Thank God this was not there when I was in school. The schools bags which carried huge text books got replaced with laptops. Rough notes are taken in Notepads, exams are written online and results are declared on spot. Joggings are done on Treadmills, Gossips are converted to online chats and emotions are sent as smileys. What’s on your mind goes as status on Facebook? Diaries are archived online in blogs. Group discussions happen on forums, shopping & shipping can be done sitting at home, money can be drawn anytime, anywhere. Meeting schedules and To Do’s go as reminders. A 3 year old is busy with computer games. Group conversations happen over Skype, project work is shared across location and firms. Acquiring the latest gadgets is become a fashion. Bills are paid online. No more queues and waiting. Two people sitting side by side talk on gtalk or instant messenger. Images are taken, uploaded and shared instantly. Beware your boss can spot you from his mobile on Google Earth if you try to escape from office (Google Earth features are advancing). Mobile is become a substitute for most of the electronic devices. The progress in technology had bought in several comforts to our lives at the same times they have made us lazier than never before. The joy of acquiring the latest gadget does not last long as by the time you show your friend and rejoice exploring the new features, the competitor is out with a better piece and the whole crowd around you has it. If the revolutionary speed of earth is 18.5 miles/sec wondering what would be the speed of technology revolution?
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