Well Connected
I was working from home today and in the middle of the morning I realized that something really amazing was happening. I was working in a truly connected home. I paused for a moment to reflect on all the things which at that moment were transmitting or receiving data over my FiOS connection:
My work laptop was connected to a WebEx meeting.
My Belkin desktop Skype phone was connected to an audio conference via VOIP.
My personal laptop was uploading music to Google Music.
There were three cell phones connected tonWiFi in the house.
My Android tablet and my wife’s iPad2 were connected to WiFi.
A Squeezebox radio was streaming NPR in the kitchen.
My weather station server was cintinuously broadcasting data to the Internet.
For someone who once connected to BBS systems via a. 400 baud Hayes modem, this is pretty amazing.
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I'm old enough to have been around the internet since the beginning -- starting with private BBS systems which I accessed via a Hayes 300 baud modem and then moving on to a genuine CompuServe account! I have a degree in Environmental Science and have had a varied career starting in a laboratory, followed by 10 years in Service & Operations for a large networking equipment manufacturer, and now in a Product Management role for an innovative healthcare organization. I started making web pages on Angelfire and other free services, and can remember when NetZero actually provided Internet access for free (hence the zero in the name). Among other things, I build my own PCs and run my own Linux servers at home for fun.
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