Autobahn Amoogle

Now there's a post title that'll give me loads of  hits from Google! I bet lots and lots of people search for autobahn amoogle info!

*coughs*

The other day, the cabin personnel of SAS (the Scandinavian Airline) went on strike.

Again.

Within the last 6 weeks, I've had to go to Dusseldorf (in Germany) on three occasions, and on all three, there's been a strike. This time, the strike meant that instead of traveling for 2-3 hours, my trip to Dusseldorf lasted 8 hours. As did my trip back. By train, car, plane and taxi. Annoying!

The car ride lasted about 3 hours, and even though it was a little tiring (I dislike traveling by car, and especially at 160 km/h on the German autobahn, but that's a whole other matter), it gave me the opportunity to talk a bit with both the client and the colleague, with whom I was traveling. We talked about a whole lot of stuff - but on the way home mostly about technological trends.

Therefore, as one of my traveling companions requested, here is another Google-related video. It is less a conspiracy-type thing, and more a prediction of how the information landscape will evolve until 2014. Quite interestingly, the film merges Google and Amazon into a powerful entity named Googlezon. Which makes me ponder a bit about other probable names.

Godzillazon? Amoogle? Gamazoogle? Googlezan? Google-san?

Comments

[Carlos]

This one was published around 2003. Afterwards they released an updated version of it called "epic 2015", you can check it out here http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/

[Mari-Ann]

Thank you so much for the tip, Carlos. :)

And since you haven't commented before: welcome! I just knew that title would heat up my pagerank. Are you one of the many, many people, who search Google for "Autobahn Amoogle"-related topics on a regular basis??

[andreas]

Hi Mari-Ann,

I can only imagine what the ride was like to Hamburg. :-)

Good post and good video. I think we have yet to see the most exciting period of internet meets real-world. Have a look at this weeks Economist for what location-based services + databases will mean.

I hope SAS doesn't strike on the day of your travel next time.

[Mari-Ann]

LOL. For a 160 km/h ride, it was surprisingly smooth. I'll explain my relationship with cars in another post. It's not traumatic or anything - it's just a matter of mild dislike.

I'll try to find the Economist somewhere this week. Sounds terribly interesting, that.

And welcome as a first time commenter, Andreas. :)

[Carlos]

well, sorry for your pagerank but it wasn´t the tittle, actually I reached your blog reviewing eurogel attendee profiles last year. Since then, I keep it in my rss reader.

btw - there is a new video that I view this week with the same kind of "futuristic predictions". This one is a little more "inventive" I guess... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj8ZadKgdC0

[Juliana]

Well, they almost had me until they said the case between The NY Times and Google reached the Supreme Court in less than a year! That's just SO unrealistic. LOL