I can still, and perhaps will always, remember:
Each of these moments separately blew my mind on the day. It was like magic when they happened. The closest I have had recently was probably the first successful call using Facetime, and waving my hand at a Kinect sensor. (Another, that most people probably haven't experienced was watching a glass door instantly turn opaque at the touch of a button. Unbelievable)
Each of these moments blew me away because things happened that weren't even part of my expectations. I expect our expectations these days have now risen sufficiently high these days that it'll probably take teleportation to get a similar effect from a teenager. Maybe life would be more fun if we kept our expectations low?
- The first day we connected our NES to our TV and Mario appeared
- The first day I instant messaged a friend using MSN Messenger from France to England
- The first day I was doing a presentation and said I could get online without a cable
- The first day I was carrying my laptop between rooms and an email popped up on my computer - in the air O_o
- The first day I tentatively spoke into my computer and my friend's voice came back
- The first day the map on my phone automatically figured out where I was
Each of these moments separately blew my mind on the day. It was like magic when they happened. The closest I have had recently was probably the first successful call using Facetime, and waving my hand at a Kinect sensor. (Another, that most people probably haven't experienced was watching a glass door instantly turn opaque at the touch of a button. Unbelievable)
Each of these moments blew me away because things happened that weren't even part of my expectations. I expect our expectations these days have now risen sufficiently high these days that it'll probably take teleportation to get a similar effect from a teenager. Maybe life would be more fun if we kept our expectations low?
2 comments:
Cool moments indeed. Big ones for me were when I was successfully able to write my own Choose Your Own Adventure on my dad's new PC writing BASIC. That's when the computer had new 12" floppy discs! Early Internet days I was blown away by seeing a remote colleague's type appear on screen in real time. It's all happening so fast.
Nice! I remember too with incredulity how we used to play games using cassettes. The cassette would whirr and squeak with a screen full of static and bright colours, and then somehow, off the magnetic strip, a game would appear. It's actually still remarkable to me to this day.
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