Fairly Good Automation and Keylessness

We are on a brink of interesting advancements.

Technology often comes in waves.

There are a lot of theories about the application of basic sciences in innovation. I am no expert in those, but can mention briefly the S-adoption curve of technology. Things are first taken up by so called Lead users: they are people who are naturally curious, and are awake to monitor for earliest signs of new things.

The lead users experiment with new products, and are willing also to stand some of the shortcoming of these products. They give feedback to the developers, and share also tips for how to use the new tech among the peer groups.

I was a lead user in the PDA era. Personal digital assistants were basically pre-smart phone era computers, which had a display, a stylus (pen) to point and click on the screen, and some 8 megabytes of RAM. It was enough to run apps and store Contacts, to name a few features. These devices sort of vanished, like dinosaurs.

Fairly Good Automation and Keylessness

6 months ago I noticed that I was carrying way too much stuff around daily. I packed my backpack, with a laptop; took my phone, wallet, keys, and all these items. Some of them did not find a natural place to be with me, but were usually “in the wrong place”. When I was at work, the keys might be in the backpack’s side pocket, and then I really started to think. Can I go in a more simplified manner?

Why the heck am I packing so much goodies with me? Is it just me, or are we not utilizing technology to its fullest?

What do you DO when you see a problem?

You optimize through it.

That’s what I did too.

I was confident there was a better way.