It's crazy out there

It's Saturday morning. I'm posting articles via email directly onto my blog. I'm using my laptop, sitting at a coffee shop in Mountain View, accessing free Google Wi-Fi. I'm done with my coffee, and go browsing at a bookstore across the road. I see a book I'm interested in buying, but I'm not certain. I whip out my iPhone. Using one of the cool apps I recently downloaded (SnapTell), I take a picture of the book. The iPhone returns to me all the reviews and info I could ever want on the book, including the cheapest place to buy it - new or used (mental note to order it from Amazon and save a few bucks). I hear some nice background music playing in the bookstore. I love that song! I think its The Fray but I'm not sure. I hold my iPhone near to the speaker. I'm using the Shazam app. The iPhone "listens" to the music and then returns the name of the track, the artist and the album (it is The Fray - mental note to purchase the song and download from iTunes later). Oops, its getting a bit late - I'm due for an important lunch meeting (business) in Menlo Park. Sushi is his preference, but nothing too fancy. Where should we go? Think, think. I could send out a tweet asking for recommendations... no. Out comes the iPhone again. I surf the Internet. Go to Yelp.com. Search "Sushi, Menlo Park". Results - Naomi's sushi - four stars, 96 reviews, spot on. Email my business colleague, and then send him a Facebook message, a Twitter DM, a text, an IM and a message on LinkedIn to be sure he gets the details. Hop in the car (no, its not a battery-powered Tesla, but that would have been a nice touch). Plug the address into the Garmin GPS or just use Google maps on the phone? I go with the GPS. Oops, wrong choice. It takes me onto highway 101 and traffic is backed up to the hilt. It's an older version with no traffic detection. Should've gone Google maps with latest news on traffic... Oh well, too late. Should've bought Google stock when it was around $280. Check my market-watchlist on the iPhone... GOOG is now $389. Yep. Should've listened to all those expert blogs that feed through to MyYahoo page. Or did I use iGoogle as my reader for all those feeds? Can't remember. Doesn't matter. I should transfer all my services and stuff to Google anyway. Except for Gmail - just can't get used to the interface. And why the heck are they still in beta after five years? So maybe I'll keep my Yahoo account going for personal email, and Zimbra for business email, and Gmail for odds and ends. Maybe I shouldn't order that book from Amazon after all - I should look into getting a Kindle instead and downloading books directly onto that. Nice gift from the wife for our next wedding anniversary? Mmmm. That reminds me, I mustn't forget to check out the CNET reviews on the new Nikon 5000 SLR with over 15 megapixels and new motion picture HD functionality; also a nice option. Almost there. Focus on the meeting. This could be the big one. A new email ... who can it be on a Saturday morning? Google News Alerts or Twitter notification of new follower? No. Its the wife: "Am waiting for you at Straits, Santana Row, for lunch, remember?" Holy crap. Where's that app.......
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