Tag Archive for: ‘predicted’

Two men fall off San Diego cliff playing Pokemon Go, just as I predicted

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On Monday, my brother who lives in San Diego sent me an email with the subject line: “Third time this week.” What had happened for the third time was that someone fell off the oceanside cliff near his home, something that happens there with frightening regularity.

I asked my brother why this keeps happening.

“Gravity,” was his reply.

Me: “Ha-ha. I mean are they just trying to get a better look? Or flying one of those stupid flying things? Or playing Pokemon Go? (Oh, sweet heaven, that would be such a *great* rumor to start today even if it’s not true.)”

Two days later it’s true, though not at the exact same cliff.

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Network World Paul McNamara

20 years ago, AT&T ad campaign ‘predicted’ technology that was well on its way

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A YouTube compilation of a 20-year-old AT&T ad campaign dubbed “You Will” is getting pass-along traffic today (and not for the first time). It’s a fun look at the company’s predictions for a range of technologies that would become the likes of GPS, online books and electronic toll collection.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying that anyone could have seen these things coming back in 1994. It’s remarkable that these innovations would become not only real but commonplace so soon after this ad campaign aired. That they would become a reality at all? That’s less remarkable, because many were already well on their way.

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Network World Paul McNamara