Most of people around the world today, are using technology in almost entire of their life. Some of them said that without technology, people will loss their half of life. This arguments are definietly correct. We can see our circumstances nearby, are there anything or something regardless technology? The answer must be negative. Every part of our activities today are intervented by the using of technology. Writing, working, studying, cooking, and even sports are such activities which technology is basically used totally or particularly.
A simple example is in the world of social networking. You can pay attention to Facebook, the world most well-known social networking site, which has been being used by more than million people around the world. A kind of software by which you can meet you friends, old friends, and new friends with what they are currently doing. Twitter, the other stuff to dive in social netwotrking, Plurk, which has time schedulle to show the activities done by the user. And so on.
You might have ever heard about Ferarri, the most sophisticated sports car ever. But not anymore. It is Christian Von Koenigsegg who has created Koenigsegg Automotive. The car branded “Koenigsegg” give a giant shock to Ferrari with the product. Koenigsegg car has 440 pounds of mass, much less than Ferrari 3196 poundmass. But, the horsepower produced by Koenigsegg are huge better, 1018 hp, compared to Ferrari which is “only” 490 hp. The Koenigsegg car is controlled by intelligent Engine Control Unit (ECU) as a function as CPU in computer. So, in the other words, this car has already had a “brain” to manage the system simultanously.
Few month ago, Google was also shocking the world with its latest product called Android. A super user-friendly operating system with wide application provided, and even free installed as many as need. Another easy, when the latest version on Android are available, the user has just need to connect the phone to the internet, and the phone will install and upgrade the latest version automatically. A great panic situation is surrounding Windows now.
All the examples above show us that technology is a part of our life, and it is not a matter whether you like it or not. But, we have to know that there are something very important inside technology which has made it successfully control the world now. This “something inside” is not a tangible aspect. It cannot be seen, it cannot be touched. it cannot be visualisized. It is intangible aspect. And it is creativity.
Technology nowadays is not only deal with involute formulae, dilligent mathematics function, physical graphs, crowded laboratory, white-hair and thick-glasses Professor, clumsy researcher, more than that. Technology already has a “Soul” in creativity, and this creativity, believe or not, has made technology invention wider and deeper. The area which hasn’t been being reached by experts or by business industry has been solved easily by technology. For example in bussiness, years ago, people who had an account in a bank in a country, could not use that account outside the country. But, Information technology has implemented a simple problem solving. Now, people are not afraid of lacking of money in foreign country, they already have a visa or mastercard, they can make withdrawl everywhere. This is what we call creativity inside the technology. Visa and Mastercard are smart enough to implement creative techology in their business process. So, they can reach and expand their business around the world. And this such creativity, for sure, is already inside the mind of Bill Gates, Mark Zukerberg, Donald Trump, Christian Von Koenigsegg, Stephen Covey, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Bruce Wayne, Mario Teguh, Abu Rizal Bakrie, and many other Technopreneurs in the world.
That is why, we have to be creative today. Indeed, creativity is not a given. Yoris Sebastian, a young success entrepeneur, said that creativity is about doing something else everyday, do not do the same way, even if it is just a way to go to your office. Creativity is an intangible aspect. We can get it by deep practising, in all field of our life. Creativity is a must. Those who are creative, those who will control the world. Because technology has already had a creativity.
Malacca, September 21, 2010
Inspired by Zulaikha.