Thank you, Steve Jobs

After Levi went to bed Saturday night, JB and I spent spent an hour chatting and laughing with my parents, sister and brother-in-law. Only we were on the couch in our house in Omaha, and they were sitting around the kitchen table in New Jersey. Using FaceTime to connect, it really felt like we were all hanging out in the same room.

Thank you, Apple, for inventing FaceTime.

Do you FaceTime with faraway friends and family? How about Skype? I’m really trying to make an effort to video chat more frequently. It’s such an easy way to feel connected to the people you love when you live thousand of miles apart.

I still remember visiting Epcot in the late 80s and being mesmerized by the idea that in the future there will be “picturephones” and “videophones” that let you see the person on the other end of the line. I think that was part of the Spaceship Earth attraction. Isn’t it crazy that that future is now?

PS: Here’s a short clip from a 1955 documentary about technology in the future:

The Future is Now (1955) by donaldtheduckie

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