If I were a betting man, I would feel safe putting money on you being woken up by a smartphone alarm this morning. Maybe you looked at your texts, perused your news apps or (if you’re like me) played Quartiles while you made your coffee and checked work emails.
I’m also willing to bet that at some point in the last week you got in your car or took a hike and used GPS, and maybe in the last few months you even went to the airport and got on a flight. There, you probably saw at least one person watching a movie with in-flight Wi-Fi or working on a project on their laptop.
Us tech folks use our devices dozens if not hundreds of times a day, utilizing countless apps for both personal and professional needs. From the moment we open our eyes, our day is being aided and enabled by cloud-connected, internet-based technologies. It’s even crept into our language. “Ask Siri”, “Google it” and “Venmo me” are normal vernacular. But here’s the real kicker: It’s not just the people with the latest smartphone, the professionals with the most advanced computer engineering degree or the world’s largest tech organizations depending on data centers. It’s everyone.
Yes, if you’re a fan of searching every question you have, working remotely or even using a credit card, that means you, too.
