Uh Oh, I tried to Google my office...
It is amazing how deeply embedded an activity can become. I Google things all the time now, to find out, to find, to refind. Today I needed to replug in my Wacom electronic tablet (which I love, but it has been sorely ignored) to do some illustrations for an upcoming presentation (moving from words to images!). I could not find it! So I sat down at my desk and started to Google it. Yes, find it in a search engine.
Oh. My. Gawd. I tried to Google for something in my physical space. I rocked back on my heels. How could that happen. Am I so "online" that I can no longer delineate how a tool can apply to my life? Or am I imagining the future.
It would have been helpful when I tore my office apart for a book yesterday. It was there. I just didn't see it on the first few passes.
It might have more context if you saw my office... uh... on a messy day!
google, messy_office
posted by Nancy White at 5:00 PM
2 Comments:
My hope is that low power RFID tags will become really cheap and I'll be able to buy them on a roll like stickers. I'll slap them on all my stuff and then I WILL be able to Google that book I was reading that I put down and now I can't find it.
Everybody I tell this to says, "But your stuff will get stolen!" But really, if I can't find it, what's the difference ;) More seriously, RFID would be very low power -- people would have to be IN my house to detect it, and that I think I would notice.
Brilliant, Lisa!
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