The World In My Pocket

When mobile phones were introduced in India, all the walls in cities were painted with "WHAT YOUR PHONE IS DOING AT HOME ?"
In public places, we could see some lucky guys with mobile phones showing off by holding them close to their ears and talking—mostly to themselves.
Today, it is more of a necessity than anything.
Tomorrow, who knows?
Science is a good servant but a bad master. Pagers are being used for terror activities.

 

Kudos to @sln for the timely write up that describes how a nonagenarian enjoys every breath of his life with modern gadgets that facilitates and enables him to monitor attend and carry out financial transactions in a jiffy.

World even universe has shrunk with technology advances galloping at lightning speed . Man is going to be on other planets except Sun. Every thing has miniaturised . A huge building of eight or twelve stories was required to accommodate gargantuan size office at mount Road for LIC . In a space of fifty years, now the work is done just in one tenth or one twentieth of that space. Yet the organ is over staffed.

From desk top to lap top to palm top to pocket to wrist computing and transfer of knowledge is at the finger tips. Lucky we are alive to watch this exponential progress in technology that hS been making rapid strides in every aspect of life penetrating industries and space exploration.

World panorama looks more greener and the separating lines between the nations blurred and distances matters the least. A plane can travel round the world purely on solar energy and controls in ones pocket or in auto mode!

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Hello @sln sir
Nice snippet, portable devices have vital role in our life.
There was tagline of Reliance Telecom kar lo duniya mutthi mein in hindi (it means take over the world)
It was vision of Reliance Telecom company.
My paternal aunt avail technology to the fullest,she is 77 years old.
She watch all live programs sitting in her room,talk to her grand daughters, friends and relatives in video call.
She never physically go out,I tease her saying that,you take over the world sitting at home.
For that she says I cannot go out anymore, till my retirement I did lot, now I will be at home and enjoy everything that I missed.
Regards
Ratna

 

I got my first mobile phone- a Nokia- in 1998 and from my employers. Now they could call me anytime, anywhere and I had no excuse not to reply.

 

Companies gave the employee laptop made the latter their slaves 24x7. Family time too robbed by the employer by giving employees gadgets so that they remain at beck and call of their boss.

 

Since employees permitted to work from home, company and staff saved lots of money resulting in huge savings. The necessity all to be present for a particular period of the day in office is done away with. Office space requirement for staff too shrank. Miscellaneous expenses reduced. Employees working from home saves fatigue improve health, save long drive and travel and overall happy quotient.
A son of my friend wfh -not at helm - demanded split Airconditioner and monthly AC allowance FROM His American employer and lo he got it sanctioned. Such are the powers of tech knowledge and experience.

I happened to see him wfh sitting in front of PC system wearing only shirt and tie and Bermuda (half trousers). His team members many are ladies from various zones of the globe converged on the screen some looking charming some glum one articulating her reply response or query and my friend's handsome son instructing them - all super. He was wearing No shoes no socks no footwear. For an office outside one has to carry the laptop, follow dress code and prompt attendance etc. technology not only in our pocket but provides enormous comfort and luxury.

As an anathema a young ambitious spinster chartered accountant employed by EY just a day before heard collapsed at desk in their office reported died of cardiac arrest. It was reported by her mother that her only young spinster daughter in pink of health succumbed to the pressure of time bound tasks by exerting for long night hours work resulting in lack of sleep.