I just landed at LAX. Plane rolls up to the gate and, surprise, surprise, busted jet bridge. Hmm, 80 emails in the outbox, gotta get the map to Doc’s house. Hoohkay. Plop back down in my seat, pop open the laptop, fire up the Verizon card and start cranking. Emails flying (well a brisk trot) out of my laptop and, of course, they get the jet bridge working, so I slap the laptop into the bag, scoot off the plane.
From the inside my bag, the laptop and the Verizon card just kept on going, sending my emails, no dropped signal, just working away.
While turning on your cell phone or your Treo or Blackberry as you land is nothing new, there is a larger message for you as you work on that start up. Think about where connectivity will be in as little as two more years.
It is changing the way you need to think about your customers and the connections those customers have to you from a bandwidth perspective. It’s truly remarkable and offers you opportunities not previously possible.
Off to the rental car counter to fill out: Paperwork. I know you can get Frequent Renter things to cut down on the paperwork but this is just my way staying “low tech” from time to time.
Say hi to Doc for me. Are you coming to Phoenix for Demo?
Posted by: the head lemur | January 22, 2006 at 14:21