sitting in copenhagen airport waiting to connect back to d.c. seems every time i travel something goes wrong on the homefront - this time just morgan having her first fender-bender (while having her first driving-in-the-snow experience), brennan somehow melting his mobile, and megan contemplating tearing the front door apart because it wouldn't close due to a jammed deadbolt (a lucky and exceedingly timely phone call prevented that - phew). beats the fire in december, i suppose.
on to other thoughts. have an hour to spare and had the option of using the laptop and wifi connection or just sitting down to a public terminal. could have gone the mobile phone route as well (nokia 9300 actually - far more than a phone), but, am finding that with anything more than 15 minutes on my hands i prefer a richer experience, comfortable seat, bigger screen, full keyboard, etc. this is the difference between being mobile and being nomadic. an important distinction. equally of interest, the choice to go with the public terminal (free) over the personal laptop/wifi connection (pay). not much of a choice, actually. impact on the device business should be interesting when access becomes more and more a utility and public terminals more and more like power outlets or water fountains (an eventuality in my opinion). think: how many times have you plugged something in to the wall in an airport or elsewhere to charge up, without a thought to the fact that someone, somewhere (not you) is paying for the power? thinking access will head the same direction, ultimately device-wise as well. sure, there will always be a business for personal devices, but the concept of broadband water fountains is not that far-fetched. value shifts not only away from the pipe, but from the devices as well. future's in the content and the services?
'nuff said. a bit too much substance for a jet-lagged layover entry (but food for later thought). off to read e-mails and then catch the flight home. can't wait to get there...
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