Farewell to Apps

​We  shape our tools and, thereafter, our tools shape us.

I know I'm dating myself by writing this... however,I fondly remember using the following technologies in the office:

Gestetner Machine - A great way to obtain multi-copies of a document and tone your shoulders at the same time.
Telegraph  The only way to arrange the date and time for long distance call (because it super-expensive to talk on the phone)!
Dial telephone The good-old-dial had a LOT of benefits including that the dial's rotation time gave you to THINK before you started to speak.
Busy Signal The absolutely BEST way to SEND the message that you don't want to talk right now and absolutely the BEST way to take a forced break.  
Inter-office memos Four pages - white, pink, yellow and green. Every page had a different meaning and everyone knew it. No multiple messages.  No never-ending streams of emails.  It was bliss.
Liquid Paper A dab of liquid paper took a full minute to dry.  Today I need to rely on my Apple Watch to remind me to take that heavy breathing break.  
Typewriters And people complain of carpal tunnel... pshaw!  Try pounding out an email on a standard Underwood!
Fax machines Okay... not that long ago... but a dinosaur by today's standards.

The speed at which we once worked  seems tortoise-like by today's speed-demon-standards. Connecting took more time (you had to plan to connect), more energy (you walked to a person's desk) and more thought (you didn't do it all the time.)

Today it's different.  We're got the phone and on the phone we've got apps.  Apps delete the need for people. Apps answer any question, resolve any issue, source any service, fulfil any need - instantly.  

But how long will it be until even the app is ancient history?  

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