Filed under: Funny (or at least Funny to me)
On the road again after a brief hiatus. Technology is a wonderful thing and it has been a while since I’ve been able to have an airport giggle at how some people use (aka abuse, misuse) technology at their finger tips.
Sitting next to a couple, he appears to be a executive type (possible director of a boat load of companies) and is sporting a modern day BlackBarry – kudos! So he picks it up and makes a call, nothing strange yet, and then begins talking with someone (probably a daughter or son) and asks them to go into one of the rooms in the house and next to the curio-cabinet to tell him the barometer reading. Seriously? I thought barometers were only given out as service awards these days.
Definitely a paradigm difference – in an era where we say “there’s an app for that” and a bing or google search will give you current and forecast weather, and there are push apps for a BlackBerry and specific websites specialized tailored for mobile consumption. Using a barometer for weather seems about the technical equivalent of using a magic eight ball to do research.
Filed under: GIS
A long time in the works but with some serious study, research, development, and investment we’ve done it. A new division of Integrated Informatics will emerge over the coming months named openiii (pronounced Open Eyes) whose mission will be to continue our focus on open source initiatives, spatial data management system hosting, and online spatial analytics.
