Week 2

The lecture that interested me the most this week was the disruptive technology lecture. One example of a disruptive technology that the lecture was mainly centered around is the Flip Video. Personally, I've known people who have owned the Flip Video and in all likelihood are not using it anymore. In class, we discussed how the Flip Video had the right idea with their product that recorded video and could be plugged directly into your computer or laptop and upload the file. The problem is new technology like smartphones came around and could do this in a much more efficient style. Which led us to our next disruptive technology, the smartphone. We conversed about the characteristics that make smartphones disruptive such as the versatility of them, the portability and the capability of pretty much doing the tasks that a gps, camera, camcorder, and laptop can do. I have owned a Droid for about a year now and can attest to the hype and overall affection for the things. It is crazy to sit in some of my classes and at any point in time look around and see at least a decent portion of the class staring at this device relentlessly. Never before have human beings had an item in their direct possession at all times quite like this. Which begs the question: if the pen is mightier than the sword, where does the smartphone fit in?