The technology just crept up on us....

I was at my younger son's baseball game the other day and the game was running a bit longer than usual. My older son called me with his cell phone to see when I was getting home, because I would be barbequing and he wanted to eat. My wife called me to ask me the same question. Also, one of my friends text messaged me to see how the game was going, as it was a playoff game and his son is in the same league. I also took pictures of my son's 1st at-bat and then filmed his second at-bat with my Blackberry Smart Phone so I could show it to him after the game. In between innings I browsed through my emails for work and then checked the latest score on the Yankees game.

Then it struck me - when did the technology of work and home life blend together? Did I miss it? I had been reading about convergence for a long time, but it just occurred to me that it happened in such a sneaky, unsuspecting way, that it had crept into every part of our lives. My kids listen to iPods and play every game system imaginable, my Tivo that I had suped up runs on Linux. We all have flat screen TVs evolved from computer monitors. My Blackberry had become a camera, camcorder, browser and game system. Co-workers can always find me at home and family and friends can always find me at work. Now our work and home lives have been hopelessly intertwined with the same technology. Life will never be the same – for better and worse.