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The global economy has a life of its own, it lives in real-time, and we are all part of it. Hello brave new world.
A Digital Explorer in Analog Roam
Reflections on a world going faster and faster
We’re all connected to the world; we phone; we email; we text; we’re linked in and we twitter. And because we’re connected to the world, the world is our workplace.
Some days going to work means waiting to board.
There is a lot of deep blue sky, silver engines and white clouds.
Yet, since we operate in a wireless world, we can plug in from anywhere to get things done (I work from my garden when I can).
We spend time in airports waiting for airplanes.
Yet we yearn to slow down and contemplate those things so hard to put into words.
Like how sunlight reflects off clouds.
And the translucent effect of sunlight on tiger lilies.
We plug into this massively multiplayer online game we call the global economy to learn skills, build networks, earn our reputations, and seek our fortunes. Events unfold in ways most fascinating, bewildering, unpredictable and mysterious.
These thoughts come to me on a summer day as I walk along the lakefront,
And ponder this city where I live. These pictures come to you through the camera in my cell phone; the phone that’s always on, my connection to the world.
Everybody's on the phone
So connected and all alone
From the pizza boy to the socialite
We all salute the satellites
Let me text you with your master plan
You're loud and clear but I don't understand
I'm a digital explorer in analog roam
And everybody's on the phone
(Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough, from their song "Everybody’s on the Phone", 2006)
[ Michael Hugos is principal at Center for Systems Innovaton [c4si]; finding elegant solutions to complex problems; mentoring teams in agile development. His newest book is Business in the Cloud: What Every Business Needs to Know about Cloud Computing.2011 ]
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