Sometimes we take technology for granted and something small make us sit back and think “Wow!” That just happend to me. Tonight I was sitting at the kitchen table working on a technical review for an upcoming PHP book while my wife was playing with my giggling daughter, singing songs and reading books. While singing, my wife turned to me and asked:

“What are all the words to the Cookie Monster’s “C” is for cookie song?”

I started singing “C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me…” but then we realized that was the only verse we remembered. I instantly popped up a browser window, “googled” for “C is for cookie”, clicked the first hit which was a link to a YouTube video and about 10 seconds after the question was posed, my daughter was giggling to the original Sesame Street recording…

That’s just cool. Instance access to almost any information, available on demand, whenever you need it. It sounds like a tale of science-fiction but it’s something I take for granted all the time. Need a recipe? info on a movie or a trailer? phone number? driving directions? Those and many more things are at our fingertips whenever we want them. I can only imagine what will be available tomorrow!

Now, I wonder what I would “google” to find a good place to hide for hide-and-seek?