For a long time, when I left the house or went on holiday, I’d carry a backpack containing my laptop. No matter where I was, I needed to be able to access all my apps and passwords and write.
Only in the past year or so have I stopped doing this because all the information I need is on my phone. It feels liberating to pop the phone into my pocket and close the door behind me.
The first computer, the ENIAC (Electronic numerical integrator and computer), was constructed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. It weighed 27 tons, stood 10 feet tall, and took up an entire room. It was, in a word, huge.
We’ve come a long way since then, and the mobile phones we carry in our pockets continue to become smaller and possess infinitely more processing power than the first…