Walt Mossberg an IT writer with the Wall Street Journal proposes that our privacy will be one of the major concerns in the future development of the Internet and warns of the tracking abilities of 'cookies' with regards to our web activity. He suggests that software is more important than hardware and that the Internet will be pivotal to our information, communication, commerce and entertainment in the future. He contends that although we may still use PCs in the future that our mobile phones will be our most widely used computers and we will be connected all day everyday and that the phrase "on the Internet" will disappear from use as it will be just the norm for everyone to be on the net.
Personally I like what I see in the future, as an active trainer with ASCCA Australian Seniors Computer Club Association I see the changes that computers make in older peoples life's when they are exposed to the Internet. People become empowered and more confident about the future and fill the training rooms when they they are presented with new and exciting changes in what their grandchildren take for granted as the norm. These people embrace the changes and appreciate what they see with the benefit of that valuable asset of 'hindsight'.
One simple device that captures the wonders of change for me is the mobile phone. From a "Dick Tracy" and "Get Smart" gadget we have seen the 'house brick' in 1973 morph into a camera, GPS tool, Web browser, PDA, Email and TEXT device, music player and it even allows you to make free phone calls using VOIP while connected to a "Hot Spot". Where to now is anybody guess, but I look forward to seeing the day when my car or transportation capsule recognises me, unlocks the door and gets me safely and energized to my destination via the quickest or most visually pleasing route with out me having to drive.
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