That techie in me.

+ This pic was taken at the Dun Laoghaire Fun Fair yesterday - I took this using the mobile phone camera, bluetoothed it to my laptop and uploaded it to my blog. Sweet stuff about technologies

5:15 pm - I am in a taxi now, leaving the office and I am updating my blog - I can't believe it myself. Yes, I purchased my mobile broadband USB modem over the weekend. I like it since the new proposition by Three (the operator), has prepaid option. So here I am in the car, accessing the internet and updating my blog.

+The trend: 'Data traffic - Distribution across consumer, business and mobile segments'. We can deduce, with CAGR at 96%, mobile data access is fast becoming the preferred medium for Internet or IP activities. Source: Cisco, 2008.

I am kind of new to this whole experience, although I have travelled the world promoting to operators this kind of application will ensure quickwins when they launch their super-fast mobile network. But, on the other side of the coin - is the propensity of people to pay for the service. Mobile broadband is generally still expensive (the device as well as the rates per Gb etc, it seems so farfetched to get the whole idea of Gb relayed to end users). However, the idea of convenience is not something other technologies can bring such as, what I am doing now - updating blog on the go. I have absolute faith that, as the technology matures, competition mounts which leads to price drops - this kind of offering will have its place (See the projection above).

+ The 'dongle' or USB modem (mobile broadband), inserted into the USB port of the laptop - and surf away!
Source of image: http://technical-itch.co.uk/

Call me a nerd or something, I know deep down inside of me, the nerd has long died. I used to want to be seen and to use the new generation of PDAs i.e Palm III and I gave up when they updated the technology every so often and my pocket could not agree with it. But now, I am a practical person. I embrace new technologies when they bring convenience to me and suits my lifestyle - hence the mobile broadband. The fact that I do travel a lot, having an ADSL is not a good choice for me, hence prepaid mobile broadband is perfect.

+ Another one of Dun Laoghaire fun fair

I can now sit in the garden and surf away, or even do my work. Yes, I am not a big fan of doing work outside office hour (which, my former boss translates that into poor time management, hence you can't finish your work within office hour). To me this has given me freedom and convenience. A few mins ago, my taxi driver asked me "Where exactly in Dun Laoghaire do you live?". And I quickly said "Oh let me go to Google Maps and show you where!" Isn't that magic? Anyway, the whole truth to the story is that, when he asked me that, I replied "Don't you have GPS?" He was quiet momentarily and I offered the search using Google Maps right after! :)

Anyway, whilst technologies bring lots of good stuff, I still believe in the power to choose i.e. I will not want to have Blackberry for example. I do not want to be contacted 24/7! I want that space still. I want that space where I can be on my own, spending the time with no distraction - esp from work. And when I read the article that some airlines would implement roaming in the sky using satellite - I guess I will be one of the many to oppose. I do not really see the needs for that. We have to have some respect over fellow passengers who may be tired and need to have a good rest and the last thing we want to do is to irritate them with some can-wait mobile phone calls. And to business travellers, do you really want to swap business strategies and ideas when you are not aware who are sitting around you?