I think I want to go back to old school kinda work. No computers, no cell phones, no copy machines, no answering machines - instead every male had his own personal sexy secretary who did all these jobs for him.
Plus she made sure his day was a pleasant one.
Gee, is it already over ten years ago that these oversized pocket calculators achieved the final breakthrough of the PDA? Together with the mainstream revolution of the WWW suddenly cell phones and personal digital assistants exploded everywhere.
Palm created 1996 a huge market that was invented by Apple with it’s Newton 1992. But the original Newton was a brick compared to the slender Palm (which would appear huge compared to today’s machines). And it played nicely with a Mac and a PC. Something Apple always hated until they finally ‘got it’ with the iPod.
Suddenly everyone wanted to have one of these organizers - in every meeting people would try to take notes with Graffiti - a special sign language to make the computer better understand human handwriting. Most people ended up using the keyboard map instead.
Today the PDA’s are slowly disappearing - or better say evolving into the smart phones. Today almost any cell phone offers an extended address book and scheduler. If you need more power - you simply use a notebook or small laptop. Especially since PDAs from Palm and Windows CE are bloody expensive.
The whole PDA market will be killed by smart phones. There is no need to have a small computer if you cell phone can organize your life as well.
More? Palm Pilot @ Wikipedia
Yeah, USB Gadgets are gonna save the world some day - and clean your desk! Get this gadget here.
Can anyone still remember life before email? Most companies and private citizens didn’t use eMail before 1995 - so the revolution is hardly 10 years old for many people. (I got my first email address 1991)
You remember the pain of snail mail? Typing or printing your letter on paper, stuffing it into an envelope, finding the right stamp and post it into a letterbox right on time for next day delivery?
Old school mail sucked - although spam is taking the fun out of instant electronic delivery as well.
More and more people find their favorite websites blocked by corporate firewalls. Also email filters clamp down on stupid attachments like the newest ‘funny’ video or porn.
Actually I can only recommend to anyone working in a big company not to visits websites you like in private, nor use the companies email address for mailing your friends and family. Most admin’s don’t care about your stuff - but looking at your mails and surfing habits is a gold mine for any middle management asshole to find a reason to kick your butt.
So get yourself at least a private webmail account that supports secure transmission and is hopefully not blocked by your corporate admin. Don’t surf any pr0n, funny or dating websites during work - not even during lunch break. It will be recorded - and used against you …
Thinkgeek.com is my favorite Nerd Shop on da intranets. They always have the coolest and weirdest gadgets. So these rubber weapons really made my day. Just make sure to watch the painful nerd fight video on the product page.
Don’t forget to buy also a proper Chainmail shirt while you at it.