Random Opinions ranjeet on 04 Dec 2008 11:30 pm
I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords
If you know me, it’s pretty hard to believe that I don’t have some super awesome phone. I mean, I’m a pretty big nerd and I like spending money on electronic gadgets, so it wouldn’t be hard to imagine me with a Crackberry or something. But no, I’ve always made do with something two generations outdated, because I’m pretty low maintenance, I don’t like talking on the phone, and there aren’t a whole lot of people who actually want to talk to me.
Well, no more.
Yesterday, I got my T-Mobile G1, and I’m totally basking in the glow of the future now. Why didn’t I get an iPhone? Well, truth be told, it turns out I’m a Google fanboy and not an Apple fanboy. I’m asssuming that the G1 will be a sort of technological gateway drug for me. I’ll start out with a 3G smartphone, and pretty soon I’ll be signing up for elective bionic implants. I have no doubt that I’ll soon become addicted to having the internet and all the glory (and cat pictures) that it entails at my fingertips, so much so that I’ll get wifi installed in my cerebrum so that I’ll never be too far from the Hive Mind. Where will Ranjeet end, and Mecha-Ranjeet begin? That’s a question we’ll have to leave to the philosophers.
What will this mean for this website? Probably not much, although with constant location information and a 3 MP camera, I’ll be much more likely to explore fearlessly and document diligently. And the internet will never be the same.
How soon is the future? Well, consider this : I’ve been composing this post from my phone. I’ll let you go get a paper towel to wipe off your ears, since I’ve just blown your mind. Meanwhile, I’ll be over here, going through your stuff.