You Got Mails !

As most of you know, I never had a mobile in France. I mean the first mobile I got, I got it in Australia. The fact is that I never felt like needing one. In Australia, I used it during my trips, not to rely on phone machines. When I came to Toulouse, I had no address (no flat), no contact numbers, just a face and a name. My father gave me a mobile before leaving Nantes (the city I've lived in since I'm 3) to be able to be called by a Very Important Person (Understand: the owner of my flat and my family).

But now that I work in the mobile technology, I really want to buy a new one, as the one I got is huge, ugly and old... Not to make any ad, I'm really interested by this one and that one.

The fact is that we didn't really need mobile phones. Before they came, nobody except professionnals needed them. That's why I haven't bought one before january. Technology creates needs. You buy something new, you try it, then you "simplify" the way you're living by using this device. Doing so you become dependent on it. What will you do today without a mobile? a mp3 player ? an Internet access?

Because we launch products without knowing exactly how people will use it (at the very beginning, mobile phones were never meant to be of use to the general public), the world is becoming uncontrollable. Who knows how we will live in 2 years? The fact is that some years ago, we were able to predict without making huge mistakes how life would be... let's say, in 5 or 10 years. Today it's definitely impossible.

Anyway, I'm pleased to live in this uncontrollable world. Before leaving you, just a quick picture of Toulouse. I will add some on Flick'r and build a link to them on this blog.