Sometimes it still amazes me.
Right now I’m sitting at my desk, watching an episode of Eureka on Hulu.com. I have an account there while they are in private beta. Pretty cool stuff actually. High quality. A lot of shows I like, a lot easier to navigate that the cable box menu. I don’t find the content or the website amazing. I do think it is cool, but this is something I could see coming. I’ve talked with others many years ago. What is really cool though, is that I have a friend who is working on this project. (thus my beta access).
At work, we just took a loot at the Android open phone platform which Google plays a big part in. The day it was announced, knowing the history of a friend who works there, the first thing I did was email him and ask him if he was one of the people who is working in it at Google. “Yep” was the reply.
Those two are just a couple of the high profile examples I can say something about. There are many more friends working on many more projects that will shape not just the computer industry, but our lives.
Back when we all started doing this, we did it because it was cool, but most people didn’t understand. We really didn’t care. We weren’t doing this for everyone else. But somewhere along the way it all came together and other people caught up.
What really amazes me is where we are compared to where we came from.