Looking Back...

In finals week, I tend to use the week to look at the future and the past (instead of studying and cramming things). Last post, I briefly talked about the future. This time, let's take a look at a short list about our past....about 10 years ago.

10 years ago (2004)...

• Gas was $1.85 per gallon. For $20 dollars, that is about 10.81 gallons
• Nokia and Motorola were the most popular phone brands worldwide.
• Collecting DVDs were growing. Rental video stores like Blockbusters were alive and active
• Google was only a search engine...(yep no Google maps, Google drive, Google news, Google calenders, Gmail was first released in the beta stage)
• Facebook was born

Now let's look what's going on now

• Gas is currently holding at $3.69 per gallon (Wish I knew where). For $20 dollars, that is about 5.42 gallons. 
• Apple and Samsung are the main brands in today's market. Nokia still sell phones and Motorola is...somewhere.
• It's all about Youtube and Netflix instead of renting DVDs from any video rental store that is still alive. (I think we use Redbox instead.) 
• Google is everything
• Facebook has over a billion users.

For those graduating, congratulations! 10 years from now, I hope things are well. That gas won't be about $6 per gallon. That all graduates are not still paying their student debt. That all things are happy and connected in one network.