A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR FUTURE...by Joyce Schwarz, author & futurist blogging at hollywood2020.blogs.com.
It's always fun in this digital world we live in to look back at analog predictions I made in the past.
Analog --meaning forecasts that I keyboarded and printed out on paper and that flutter every now and then back into view as I clean out my closets and prepare to go totally digital with my backlog of writing, research & more from the past 15 years or so. 
Pix of the office of the future --that's really here today, as seen in www.hollywood2020.blogs.com.
So here's a forecast I made back in 1997 -- one page -- very simple -- I share it with you to get your own juices flowing about what's next! Email me with your past predictions: [email protected] .
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR FUTURE: (written in 1997 by author Joyce Schwarz):
Want to take a peek into the future? Here's how:
1) Throw out the fax machine. 2) Toss away the telephones, 3) Get rid of your eyeglasses, 4) Shelve the computer keyboard. 5) Remove that hearing aid.
Okay, now you'r eon your way to the world of 2010 where biotech and new-tech rule. Look around what will you see?
January 14, 2010 PREVIEW:
*Your PC/TV controls your kitchen appliances and makes coffee and toasts your bagel even before you get up in the morning.
*The office headquarters closed five years ago -- you and your colleagues are all linked by wireless systems.
*New laster technology corrected your vision to 20/20 and a clip-on head-mounted device allows you to see behind your head so that you know what your cat is up to as you enjoy a good old-fashioned cup of coffee.
*Your hearing was perfected last year when you had the language chip installed behind your ear that enables you to speak and understand perfect French and Chinese.
*Despite the millions you made on that Silicon Valley start-up IPO you launched , you still enjoy working. Yes, you remember your dad saying' nothing like rolling up your sleeeves" as you get ready for another tough day.
Ooops sorry to be interrupted but your personal communicator system PCS is ringing, the PCTV is blinking out of focus, the dog is barking because he's caught his tail in the auto-feeder again and your boss's voice is blaring from the 'screenphone'. And your Spouse is nagging you 5000 miles away from your PDA screen watch.
Ahh -- you were born too soon -- just ten more years and you'll be able to have an android do it all ...or hey, maybe a clone would be better after all...Can't wait for 2020 can you?
Thanks for going back to the future with me. Joyce Schwarz, author, futurist and emerging media & technology launch expert, www.joycecom.com, blogging at www.hollywood2020.blogs.com. Email: [email protected]
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