It was almost 2 years ago that I imagined an app (I was thinking iPhone) that could help sufferers (and their families) of Alzheimer’s Disease. The post generated a fair number of comments, the most recent of which points to info about an Android app that does some of the things I suggested in that first post.
Author Archives: Steve Mays
9 years, 5,000 posts
In a couple of weeks I will have been posting here for 9 years. And a couple of days ago I posted for the 5,000th time. Let me hasten to add, most of those are quotes and links and such, but every one something I found interesting and worth sharing.
There’s not much I can say about blogging that I haven’t said here, countless times. The greatest value continues to be as an archive or, perhaps, a knowledge base (for me).
Twitter and Facebook and all the rest will come and go, but I’ll continue to note and share stuff here.
A little child shall lead them
I am endlessly fascinated by technology. How we use it and how it changes us. The photo is of a couple of regulars at the Coffee Zone. I remember when dad switched to the iPhone. And later when he started asking me about the iPad. It seems ages ago but it was only months ago.
She plays games on the iPad and watches Netflix movies. But there will soon be nothing she cannot do on the device.
It’s inconceivable (to me) that she won’t have this with her in class. That will be delayed because not all of the kids will have them and etc etc.
I can’t even imagine how this will change education. Of course, education will have to change but that seems inevitable.
We’ve had hallway discussions at our company about the various tablets and platforms (Android, Windows, iPad, etc). My friend Phil (a very smart guy) assures me a lot of companies will take the “safe and secure” route of Windows devices.
But the kids in this little girls class could care less about Word and Excel and all the rest. They want to have fun and create and that will be on the iPad (for the forseeable future). You can take it to the bank.
David Cain shares A Day in the Future
“Then I turn on one of my favorite machines. It’s about the size of a book. It has a glowing window inside it. A single page. But I only need one page because its contents change at my command. Sometimes there are words, sometimes photographs, sometimes both. The photographs can move and talk. The stuff in the book can be written by anyone in the world, even as I’m reading it. There’s more in that book than I could ever read. It provides me with unbelievable advantages. Anything I don’t know, I can find out in a few seconds. I can get instructions on how to do pretty much anything that has ever been done. I can summon complete histories of almost any person or culture you could name, expert opinions on anything at all, unlimited advice, unlimited entertainment, unlimited information. I can buy pretty much anything from where I’m sitting, and have it brought to my door. I can even write anything I want and publish it myself. I don’t need permission or credentials. The whole world could read it.”
— David Cain shares A Day in the Future
Carl Sagan: The Frontier Is Everywhere
I like the notion of the next, more evolved version of the human species. And I hope –and expect– a good dose of machine intelligence will be part of Man 2.0.