My grand-, grand- father didn’t have a wristwatch. He would reach for his pocket to pull a pocket watch to tell the time. I do the same several generations and over hundred years later. I reach for my pocket to pull my iPhone to tell the time. It seems that we are moving on a spiral where old things repeat at a new level.
I wish I was the first one to notice that. It was observed and well described by the German philosopher Friedrich Engels in his work Dialectics of Nature (unfinished, 1883) among others. Another example is the attempts by medieval alchemists to turn lead into gold. They believed in it and tried hard to do it. Later on the scientists denounced it as absolutely ridiculous and impossible. However at even later date the nuclear scientists did transform elements, thus closing the spiral winding. Did you notice the spiral of the evolution in your personal life. Post a comment here to share…

Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock of TomTom the navigation devices maker to sell on June, 28-th, 2012. I believe for the right reasons. However a large article was published about two months before that by Wired magazine discussing the problems with the industry at length and predicting that the stand alone navigation GPS devices are doomed and will be extinct soon. In this regard the Goldman Sachs downgrade is late at least two months. That’s why I call it recommendation for losers.

It sounded like a fantasy 10 years ago, that our home appliances will be all connected to the Internet. It is reality now. Computers, TVs, music, thermostats, light controls, pool pumps, door locks, irrigation controls and … get this Internet connected light bulb was just announced today.

Came across an iPhone app lately that will tell you if a food is healthy or not by scanning the bar code on the package. Well, I’ll tell you something. If a food has a bar code it is not healthy. Period. How ’bout that. And you don’t need an iPhone.

Mistakes are like mountains. They are best visible from a distance.