{"id":297,"date":"2009-01-20T23:03:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2009-01-20T23:04:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:04:36","slug":"pocket-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"Pocket Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then it hits me that a paradigm shift has occurred and we&#8217;ve taken it for granted. One such shift is the amazing technology we so casually carry around in our pockets.\u00c2\u00a0A couple of decades ago the thought of owning a tiny device which allowed us to\u00c2\u00a0talk to\u00c2\u00a0each other, send each other messages, take a picture, or even record a short video was the stuff of Star Trek or other sci-fi.\u00c2\u00a0Today\u00c2\u00a0we have\u00c2\u00a0the cell phones we\u00c2\u00a0accept as a normal part of life. Even very capable cameras capable of 10 megapixel images can be easily carried inside a tuxedo or stashed in a small handbag.\u00c2\u00a0This image below of our new President and First Lady dancing at an inaugural ball shows what I mean. It took me a second to realize what all the little blue lights were. You would not have seen them at Bill Clinton&#8217;s inaugural ball. Funny how quickly we adapt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/bimmermail.com\/obama-dance.jpg\" alt=\"Obamas dance.\" height=\"253\" style=\"width: 585px; height: 253px\" title=\"Obamas dance.\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then it hits me that a paradigm shift has occurred and we&#8217;ve taken it for granted. One such shift is the amazing technology we so casually carry around in our pockets.\u00c2\u00a0A couple of decades ago the thought of owning a tiny device which allowed us to\u00c2\u00a0talk to\u00c2\u00a0each other, send each other messages, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","category-techsecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}