Shared Experience

I'm watching a friend use his computer as a phone. He Is talking about music with his friend who is equally engaged in the local music scene. He describes a web site then proceeds to go to that web site and listen to music on it. This music is playing over the phone (computer) and they are just talking about how cool this is.

In the past you would have to find your friend later and tell him, I found this great music, or movie or just had this great conversation. These days you can call or email them and only moments later they can be seeing or hearing the same thing you just did. The gap between the event and the moment when you recollect and share this moment with your friends is closing. Now you can be experienceing a moment and you can contanct a friend and share that moment with them in real time.

As this gap continues to close, as the time it takes to have and experience and then share it with your friend, the closer we come to the "shared experience." A moment in time shared by two people in which the moment and the sharing of that moment happen simultaneously.

Soon you will be able to move your friends computer for them and they will watch you surf the web. You will be able to whitness the same thing as your friend. No longer will you be sharing media content but you will be sharing an internet experience.