Deprecate PC

Tonight, AT&T announced that they will offer gigabit home Internet in Austin (news.cnet.com).  AT&T are going up against Google, which is not the most epic part of this story.  Gigabit Internet is going to make PCs obsolete!  Data processing can happen so much faster on big servers than it can on our computers.  Those servers are also connected to massive data storage units.  Now that those servers can send data at gigabit speeds, having a huge desktop in your home is like having a suitcase-size car phone in your back seat to respond to the pages you receive on your beeper.  In five years, there will be no computer manufactured that is larger than a MacBook Air.  All we will needs is a screen and a wire.  Give it five more years and we won't even need the wire.

Word(Not So)Perfect

Novell's lawsuit against Microsoft that started 10 years ago finally got thrown out of court this week (washingtonpost.com).  Since 1995, when Microsoft decided to go with their own word processor instead of Novell's WordPerfect, Novell has gone from a technology industry leader to... "what's Novell?"  If Novell were still innovating like they were in their glory days, a lawsuit against Microsoft over something that happened 18 years ago wouldn't even be worth their time.  To be strong in an industry evolving as rapidly as technology, you can't get hung up on one product like WordPerfect.  You have to find what people want right now, rethink your strategies, and reinvent your company to stay on top.  20 years ago anyone in the tech field would be able to tell you all about Novell.  All I know about them today is that they used to own WordPerfect, and I only know that because I worked at a law school.  Apparently, lawyers still use WordPerfect.  It must be easier to tell lies on a crappy text editor.

Insta for RMs

Returned missionaries should use instagram to find their brides.  About three hours after I got off the plane ride home from Brazil, my parents took me to get an iPhone.  Soon, I had instagram.  I posted pictures after I got out of the temple, when I went on cool hikes, when I spent time with my seven sisters, and when I got straight A's.  Two years later I met a girl named Annie.  On her instagram, I found pictures of her baking pies with her grandma, shining her dad's shoes, playing tennis with her friends, and spending time with her nieces and nephews.  Once Instagram stalking turned into dating Annie, I found out she loves hiking and she found out I love playing tennis.  We discovered that our families are very similar.  I realize now that we are married,  she probably thinks I'm a little egotistical for posting a picture of my straight A's.  Instagram served my purpose nonetheless.   RMs reading this, use instagram to find your wife.  If you aren't, you're wasting a valuable resource.  If you are using it for anything more, you're wasting valuable time.