Booze, WiFi, ATMs, and Email
June 29, 2009
When Google introduced the equivalent of an email breath-a-lyzer, I could not figure out who would want to have a cooling off period between writing an email and sending it. The addled goose’s only beverage is mine run off water which can be a potent drink. However, most of the goose’s email is consistently incoherent. No cooling off period needed, thank you. Google, on the other hand, presumably has big data that suggested lots of Gmail users would write emails about which regret would germinate.
Now I know that Google was once again ahead of the addled goose.
Read TechRadar’s “Pub ATMs Set to Offer WiFi Internet Access”. The idea is that a Web surfer can knock back some booze, fire up a mobile computing device, and obtain wireless connectivity from the cash machine located in the tavern, bar, or shot house.
Now Google’s cooling off period makes sense. What changes will Google make in its search interface to accomodate surfers under the influence? Will some clever person figure out a way to integrate fraud with the ATM, online connectivity, and liquor? The social implications are interesting to ponder?
Quite a “blend” of services.
Stephen Arnold, June 29, 2009
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