miércoles, 5 de abril de 2017

Lend me the phone

This was the first request that my grandson made me when he came on vacation: my smartphone. By using this, he chatted, watched videos, and played different games... All in one!

After lending it to him, my memory began to remember what a telephone was like just a few years ago when I was his age.

I made a list of some applications, and therefore of things: devices, functions and media, which are incorporated in my current phone, occupying a volume of only 14.5x7x0.6 cubic centimeters:
  • Phone of course, including caller ID, answering machine, call waiting, and even FAX.
  • The classic agenda, that printed notebook having a calendar to remind important dates, our list of contacts, and the possibility of adding handwritten notes.
  • Typewriter - Teletypes.
  • Cameras, photo rolls development, video camera.  
  • Clock - Stopwatch - Alarm clock.
  • Calculator.
  • News printed in newspapers and magazines.
  • Radio.
  • Phonograph / Turntable record player.
  • Recorder / Player - Dictaphone 
  • Television - Remote control 
  • Cinema.
  • Mail: Letters / Telegrams / Cables.
  • Maps - Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
  • Photo albums, storage of discs, tapes, cassettes, etc ...
For comparison, I tried to remember what those devices were like: dimensions, weight, and other characteristics; as well as how were added the functions that are included in my "phone".

After thinking some time, I decided to tell my grandson some of my stories working with computers, and how they evolved to allow him to play, watch videos, send instant messages, and so on in such a short time. 

However, I stumbled upon a barrier: their ability to listen the stories.

Consequently, I decided to create "apps" and videos to tell these stories, so here we go ...