If one's considers how fast technology is changing, we'd have to write these types of tributes just about every month. The reason being is relative to the way things look in the marketplace and the not forgetting the sheer pace at which advances are being made these days.

I love technology and am fascinated at the exploration of this sector in the human mind. Off course the greatest technological invention is indeed the human body, as a friend of mine alluded to in a conversation about the use of one's hands. However how bittersweet it is that man will bring forth his own "technological" downfall if you will. One only has to look at the effects that man's creations like cars and mining equipment have on the environment to know how climate change is a direct consequence of these and other tecnological advances.

Well I've given you a look into the future, now let's take a look at the past before we spin our way back to centre.

Now the 80 and 90's saw the rise of the Internet "version 1" as some would like to call it. The emergence of CD players and Sega video games along with the might AMD PC for gamers. These were the beloved technologies of the day and they demanded a mass marketed buying frenzy of note.

Screech to a stop in the naughties and we see the rise of the "SuperComputers" like the introduction of Core 2 Duo Intel processors and fancy gadgets like the iTouch and Xbox 360 gaming console.

What's not to love about technology in 2007? Mike Stopforth sums up my sentiments very sweetly in the column he
wrote for the Citizen a few weeks back. He entitled his post, "My Favourite Things".

Tech keeps getting smaller, multi-functional and more punchier now than previous generations and we keep lapping it up. Security around use of technology in and around the workplace has also eased up thereby making the work more manageable and more fun that it used to be before. That's off course if your company is one of the few in SA that allows access to sites like Facebbok, Amatomu and Second Life.

Today, I even read an article on "Roborotica", which was about the advances that the sex industry has taken with regard to technology. The sky's the limit on the subject of tech so it's only a matter of time before greater advances have been and explored.