Reflections from the Front Lines of Tech Innovations

Since 2013, I have been fortunate to work with Oyokey, a cloud-based Addressing and Recognition Technology company based in Irving, Texas. Working in the IoT space, you get to see so much technology that could change our daily lives in the future.

It's so cool! We'll be having neighborhood airports/parking lots for our personal air vehicles, cars that run so efficiently air pollution will disappear in first world countries, your phone might be in your shades or a wristband with a holographic display connected to your Bluetooth ear piece.

My favorite is probably augmented reality, first seen in TV, computers, and cell phones, now further enhanced by 3D glasses, and Google glasses. I love the idea of getting simple and useful information on your glasses/contact lens as you walk around: the sale happening in a store, the general contact for a company so you no longer need to track business cards, automatic recordings of your meetings that turn into transcripts later for review.

Keep in mind there will generally be the first 10% - 30% of a population who are innovators willing to jump quickly to a new technology. A third to two - thirds of the population will wait and watch until the technology has proven itself in mainstream life. The last group will never switch because they won't use it, or are eventually obliged to switch by necessity.

Don't be worried about keeping up with the Jones. Take new tech at your pace. If you have a solid grasp of why tech can enhance your life, great. Just remember that unless it's keeping you alive, you'll be able to live with or without it.

For example, if I lost my phone, or computers crashed, there would definitely be a large void in my life. However, I can go back to writing on paper, meeting people in person, or calling from a land line. So appreciate technology for the extra reach it gives you, but don't give your whole life to it...unless you're creating it.