> From the days when having a camera on you was a rare event.
I was listening to Come From Away - the musical based on the planes that were diverted to Gander on 9/11, and it made me realise how much I take a mobile phone for granted. Very few had phones in those days, especially ones which roamed internationally. There was no real way to look at the news unless the plane could receive live TV somehow (some could), many on the planes didn't even speak English, and there was no google translate in your pocket.
Made me realise what a change has happened in 20 years (and well I guess smartphones were ubiquitous by the 15th anniversary). Looking back over history the change in the way we live between say 1995 (when IT in many offices was still very new and often limited to very specific tasks) and 2015 is shocking, moreso than the gap from say 1975 to 1995
We're nearly halfway through the 2015-2035 period, I wonder how much AI will change things over the next decade.
I thought I had my T68 camera phone on 9/11, but it turns out I didn't get it until 3 months later.
I watched 9/11 unfold on an 8" LCD hooked to PC my friend and I had installed in his car. I remember most news sites on the Internet were totally hugged to death that day.
You were big money if you had a Palm. My uncle had one because he did IT for lawyers. It was undeniably bad ass but so so limited compared to Treos (which came later) because mobile internet had not been established yet.
From the days when having a camera on you was a rare event.