I've got mixed feelings. I experience a bit of a dejavue currently: 😕
Back in the 90s I had a little calculator/LCD handheld collection, while later -in the early 2000s- I had several PDAs, cell phones, etc.
All of which I was very happy with (I installed SDKs, PalmOS emulators, etc., tried mobile Java apps). These all were mobile devices, too.
But no one really cared about them (except for that SMS/cell phone hype or "boom" of the early 2000s or following iPod/MP3 player craze).
So to me, this makes the whole smartphone era somwewhat surreal. I used to be excited about this tech back then, but now it's just bores me.
And to some degree this results in a bit of irony, too, since *exactly now* every one else seems to be soo proud of the advent of the smartphone,
as if it was humanity's greatest archivement ever (as if the iconic Nokia Communicator from ~1996 never existed). 😉
In fact, when I see certain old "retro" futuristic technology, it makes me way more excited. Not sure exactly why, though.
There's nostalgia, sure, but that's not all of it. I'm also willing to learn about new technology, like the newest micro controllers, CPUs, flash media, etc.
But in the end, I find that some nifty old relay circuit is more fascinating than, say, an Raspberry Pi-based cluster.
On the other hand, a truely historic piece of tech, like a model steam engine doesn't interest me that much. Life is weird..
"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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