Post PC revolution and charging towards the Singularity

I’m going to hazard a guess and say that you’re probably reading this post on something other than a computer or laptop.  Most likely you’re reading this post either on your smartphone or on some  type of tablet.

If this is true then the following info-graphic and associated article on the post PC revolution from Puzzlemarketer.com is not going to tell you anything that you don’t already know.

But what it might give you is an idea of how much has changed since the first smartphone popped up in our lives.  These devices has dramatically changed our lives in quite a short time.

I believe what this change shows is just how fast technology has improved compared to previous technological shifts or paradigms, as well as dramatic change in corresponding human behaviour.

The level of connectivity that is in our lives now is truly phenomenal, with some things that just a few years ago seemed to be almost in the realm of science fiction now becoming everyday occurrences. But what about tomorrow’s sci-fi concepts?

The incredibly fast penetration and integration of technology with our day to day lives will only become more and more intense as we continue to charge through the information age, towards what eminent  futurist Ray Kurzweil describes as the Singularity.

In the movie and his book Towards the Singularity, Kurzweil argues that accelerating technology has the potential to totally transform human kind.

If youre interested in what the future potentially holds for us, check out Kurzweil’s work at Accelerating Intelligence and prepare to have your mind blown!

Looking at new tech – HTC One

As many of you would already know, I just love technology… especially the latest and greatest smartphones, tablets and games.

So in a bid to keep things fresh and interesting here at Dacka’s Razor, I’ve decided to also start blogging about technology as well as politics and things that get my goat, just to help lighten things up a bit and diversify the types of things that I talk about.

For close friends, my love of HTC smartphones will come as no surprise.

Ever since ditching the iPhone several years ago and embracing the wonderful Android platform, I have pretty much stuck with HTC. I just love the build quality of their handsets and their user interface (icons and menus etc).

I did flirt momentarily with the idea of switching over to the Galaxy SIII after my wife recently got a Galaxy Note II, but I just didn’t like the look and feel of their handsets.  They feel a little “plasticky” and I definitely dont like their UI.  HTC’s UI just seems so much more polished and refined in comparison.

I currently have the HTC One XL, which is the best HTC handset currently available in Australia on the Telstra network and with its 4G capability it is a pretty awesome phone.  But now HTC have reimagined this handset into the HTC One.

Initially, I felt that this design rejig made the phone look a little too much like the iPhone but as this review from The Verge illustrates, it really is one of the best Android handset to be released so far.  Pity I’ve got another 12 months to go on my contract because I would love one of these babies!