One Red Hot Country Mama!

I don’t need a memory, I just Google when I need an answer. Doesn’t everyone?  Not for the personal stuff either, since I can search my e-mail, or my pictures, tags and notes helping me out.

Google is my memory now.

I don’t need to spell. I use Word, and it usually automatically corrects, or a convenient red line under it. I don’t need to remember math, when I have the Excel bubbles to fill. And I fill them in so fast.

Microsoft is my elementary school skills now.

My grandma used to sing. But I don’t need to. I have thousands of songs on my iPod. I’m set. I have all my playlists organized for different moods and situations.

Apple is my song now.

I love to read and learn about stuff. And now it is all available through the internet to everyone. I don’t have to know the basics when the facts are at my fingertips.

Wikipedia is my knowledge now.
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I have always thought that the quest for meaning was the highest purpose for human-kind. Does having these tools help us on that quest, or is learning these skills the quest itself?

Just found this new technology that allows people to interact with advertising called Human Locator from a company called Freeset. The system does two things. First, it allows people to interact with advertising – such as making waves ripple as they walk by for example. Second, it provides the advertisers with measurable viewer data.

Human Locator brings the interactivity of the Internet to real-world environments.

They say. Scary.

One answer on their FAQ that was relieving:

7. Can it differentiate men from  women?
      No. There are privacy concerns with that type of tracking and consumer privacy has always been important to us at Freeset.