A few weeks ago I have been to a live concert of The Police in MSG (Madison Square Garden, NYC). Obviously, it was a totally kick ass show. The intention of this conversation now is not really the concert though. Instead, it is pertinent to something at the concert that grabbed my attention and threw me into a vortex of time travel. It took me into the age where people compete for smaller and smaller devices. An age where electronic gadgets converge and everything ranging from satellite phone to personal computer will be squeezed into a matchbox. Suddenly I realized I'm actually a part of that world now. All that is remaining is to be able to use your phone/music player/gps/... as toilet paper. Who knows, maybe our buddy Steve is already working on it given his ambitions and creativity.
Coming back to the point of interest, while entering the hall I saw a sign that said "cameras and recorders not allowed". I wanted to walk up to the nearest show organizer and sincerely surrender my cellphone (PDA might be a more appropriate term). I also wanted to say "I'm sorry dumb ass but how many people are carrying their cameras and recorders now a days?" It is not his fault. I really wonder how these things will turn out to be in the future. Just imagine the "disliked by everyone" record companies trying to stop people from recording live shows and security personnel aiming to curb potential criminals from taking pictures. What are they going to do, start confiscating everybody's cellphones? I'm sure these "converged devices" pretty soon will come with radar detectors and jammers to zoom by cops at 150 miles an hour and leave them wondering what just hit. So, we won't be allowed even to carry a cellphone while driving. Forget about talking on the phone while driving.
In any case, it is fun to imagine and also to witness how devices get smaller and smaller and will be able to handle everything from making a call to wiping one's bottom.Labels: camera, cellphone, gps, internet, madison square garden, music player, pda, radar detector, recorder, rock concert, the police |
