Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness - most visitors focus on the seven square miles of the valley. If you haven't seen the valley from Tunnel view, you should.
For all its rough exterior and dangerous trek possibilities, I was amazed at the ease of access to almost every waterfall - paths have been constructed suitable for wheelchairs.
When Apple released the iPhone 5Si the A7 chip set immediately attracted our attention - in essence, the A7 promised delivery of transparent connectivity between all (Apple) devices AND capturing sensitive data in the device - NOT THE CLOUD.
When I open an email on my iPhone, my MacBook knows and I can continue to read it on the laptop...or tablet; they are all connected. That means, when a call comes into my iPhone, I will be able to answer on my MacBook; I'll check voicemail, on my iPad.
When texting from my iPhone, I'll be able to attach voice and video to the IM and regulate how long that message exists - it will self-destruct in three minutes or exist forever.
As far as security, all our information, passwords, credit card numbers, bank account information would be held on our personal devices behind security hardware and fingerprint scanners.
By connecting to other devices directly thereby utilizing them as sensors, the iPhone is positioning to become the nexus of all things connected.
"One word, kid, apps..."
The connectivity of everyone is impressive, but that's just a fraction of the story; the key has always been the software. Today we buy 99 cent solutions to our million dollar challenges, in the near future, we will all simply write our own apps as we need.
The Shape of Things to Come (respect to TR7), a list of the next hierarchies to transform - enjoy:
The Death of Nationalized Healthcare - In this new walled garden, we control our health from blood sugar monitoring to the latest cancer treatment. But here is the kicker, with smarter devices connected privately to whoever we want, without 'cookies', our health data is ours. We won't need 'clearing houses' or central databases to store immunizations history. What's more, a great percentage of diagnosis equipment testing labs will be obsolete. If you stop and think, it is easy to see.
The Death of the Search Engine - We search the mesh directly, not up and down
The Death of the Internet - who needs the internet when all devices connect through a web of personal servers.
The Death of Apps - We will write our own, ad-hoc
The Death of the Internet of Things - Connected people, not things
The Death of Spreadsheets - BI is an app that connects to billions of other apps/sensors
The Death of Cell Services - The Mesh will carry voice and video
The Death of Cable Companies - We are the Cable Company
The Death of ISP - No need for an internet service provider
The Death of VoiP - Just as homes are getting rid of the phone-on-the-wall, so to shall B2B
The Death of MSP - Self-healing systems, simpler and easily affordable(free) technology
The Death of Paper - Information moves faster than print
The Death of Hierarchies - everything will flatten
The BIG Transformation - The Death of Hardware
The Convergence is progressing to a point where our decision processes will be supported by software/apps instantaneous and dynamically.
Apps are nothing more than thoughts frozen in time, converted into repeatable algorithms, manipulating a stream(or streams) of inputs. The old ways meant this processing was static - the algorithm doesn't change directly.
This too, shall change...
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