Cyber Space

I read an article reporting about IT trend for year 2011. The report predicted that in years to come people will carry more gadget with them and communication is so mobile and instant. Basically reading newspaper with conventional means is considered outdated as we are reading yesterday's news today. More people will rely on online news and instant messages for updating themselves.

Presently many will carry their PDA or mobile phone with laptop, but in very near future we might only carry a smart phone incorporating the functions for communication, data keeping, searching of news and information, personal management or even company management. Perhaps the size of smart phone will be getting smaller and smarter, of course cheaper.

So, the question is how does this trend impact on town planning? Once people are on the move all the time, communicating becomes so convenient and easy, transaction of businesses within a split second and with finger tips, then it means requirement for physical space is reducing and occupation ratio per staff is getting smaller. Of course, the requirement for travelling is diminishing as well. So, the provision of commercial floor space will also be affected as we will occupied and used the space effectively and efficiently.

Welcome to the cyber world, sooner or later depending how an individual embraces it.