Where will you be in 20 years?

A couple of days ago, I read and shared this article from Business Insider “No Google. No Netflix. No iPhone. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1994“.

For those of us using technology then, and quite frankly, before then, it was a nostalgic walk.  I remember many of the technology in the post (and more…they probably never heard of the Icon Computer from Burroughs and then Unisys.

At the time, I thought that Microsoft had sold out with “Windows”.  After all, we are were geeked out with MS-DOS.  I remember thinking that was the last time I really understook how a computer worked.  All this windowing stuff hides so much…

I wasn’t the only one learning and surviving.  So was Heather Touzin.

“@dougpete: No Google. No Netflix. No iPhone. This Is What Tech Was Like In 1994 http://t.co/lNz9u6gF86” Grade 11 and I survived!

— Heather Touzin (@HeatherTouzin) August 19, 2014

It’s fun to look back 20 years and see how antiquated those things look now.

But, looking ahead 20 years, what does the future hold?  I think it’s a safe bet to think that computers will be even more personal.  My kids gave me a Fitbit for my birthday.  This has to be just the beginning.  It’s got to get better and more embedded.  I haven’t worn a watch in years and just having to have this on my arm is uncomfortable.  Hopefully, it gets better.

For no other purpose than to say that I’ve included this clip on my blog…

As much as things have changed in the past 20 years, you just know that it’s going to change even more in the next 20.

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