Comments on: Revolutions and Time Telling http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/ The value of any product or service increases with its mobility. Sun, 19 Mar 2017 02:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.16 By: The Watch Analogy is Coming True | SDG Advisory Services http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/#comment-32538 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:50:22 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=2672#comment-32538 […] a very long time and even now, I’ve often used the watch as an example of the impact of the technology revolutions on products and industries. In fact, for the past couple of decades, I’ve been saying “in the future, most watches […]

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » The Watch Analogy is Coming True http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/#comment-32537 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:47:41 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=2672#comment-32537 […] a very long time and even now, I’ve often used the watch as an example of the impact of the technology revolutions on products and industries. In fact, for the past couple of decades, I’ve been saying “in the future, most watches […]

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » The (best effort) Internet of Things http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/#comment-20753 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:17:49 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=2672#comment-20753 […] in point – my smartwatch. I have loved connected watches for a very long time. In 1994, I bought a Timex DataLink watch. Then in the late 1990s I started buying watches with a […]

]]> By: Jeffrey Struss http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/#comment-1783 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:28:28 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=2672#comment-1783 Heh, I am one of those who doesn’t wear a watch. I have a gorgeous Seiko Kinetic charging watch, but I just don’t EVER wear it. I feel like I will damage it and it is too nice. Plus, nothing keeps better time than my cellphone. Like you said it changes time zones, it keeps accurate time, It has the date and keeps my appointments as well. PLUS all of the other stuff it does.

]]> By: Russ http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/#comment-1738 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:53:52 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=2672#comment-1738 Paul – thanks for sharing your story. I loved it!

You might enjoy this old post of mine from a couple of years ago: http://mcguireslaw.com/2007/12/17/60th-birthday-for-the-transistor/

]]> By: PaulH http://mcguireslaw.com/2009/07/03/revolutions-and-time-telling/#comment-1736 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:32:50 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=2672#comment-1736 Hi Russ,

I have been stopping by for a few months now, and have enjoyed your thoughtful observations on technology.

I especially enjoyed this article because it had to do with watches. My dad was an electrical engineer who worked at IBM on such things as system360, and the Saturn 5 missile for NASA. I was fascinated by technology at an early age, and the closest I could come to the anazing world in which my father worked was whenever he would bring home a new calculator or watch.

The watch that sticks out most clearly was a Timext digital wrist watch circa 1977, which had an LED display and a button on the side which you had to press to show the time. The display used up so much power that if you turned it on too often, it would run down the batteries in a few days. I think that was why after a while my Dad gave up on it, and removed several links from the wristband so I could wear it.

So, not to be disrespectful, of course, but there were at least some watchmakers 30 years ago that were contemplating the uses of microprocessors in wristwatches, and one 6 year old boy who was absolutely certain about the future of such devices.

Thanks again for your insights. Keep it up, please!

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