As we all become embodiments of a permanently available, always-on, multi-faceted marketplace, please remind yourself of how electricity changed business and, by extension, society: It didn't really change the effect, but it totally changed the cause.
Mercifully, if good new work is not available, eternal sanctuary is always on offer in the unbeatable magic and purity of Gregorian plainchant.
Sentient computing systems are always on, ubiquitously available, and can adapt to their users.
Omnipresence was another big theme in 2007 with Twitter brining always on, always available communication to the masses.
In "Jon & Kate" (the first three seasons are available on DVD; the current season will be available in April) the Gosselins are always on field trips: the Pittsburgh Zoo, the opthalmologist, Hershey's Chocolate World.
"Flexibility can be a real double-edged sword... it can mean that you end up doing more hours and that you're constantly available and always on call.
Blurring the lines between television and the Internet, broadband will make vast amounts of new and existing information and entertainment available in an "always on" capacity, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
If you compared this to offline shopping, the mobile device presents an opportunity equivalent to having your storefront on every street corner that a user walks by, given the always-on, always-available nature of mobile browsing.
He's become a crusader for the "pervasive Internet," a service that's always on and available everywhere, just like the dial tone you get on your telephone.
Features include Hadoop data and compute that's always on and available, and a patent-pending auto-elasticity that continuously monitors data and job usage to provide exactly the capacity you need, when you need it.
