Early 1990s Internet Commercial
Soak it in. Have a good laugh. You’ll have the same reaction in a few decades when looking back on how we talk about the Internet of Things in 2015.
A billion hours ago, modern Homo sapiens emerged.
A billion minutes ago, Christianity began.
A billion seconds ago, the IBM personal computer was released.
A billion Google searches ago… was this morning.
– Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist
Whoever produces the SmartThings promo videos must get an occasional wave of foreboding anxiety before uploading to YouTube, just knowing that regardless of how great a job they just did, the current SmartThings videos inevitability will be laughed at in 10 years or so!