Hanep na bus!

Mood: ALT + 033 (!Nice!)

I went back to Katipunan this morning from Laguna. I rode a bus that takes me directly from Laguna to Kamuning. I was surprised to see their new ticketing system.



The guy who gave out tickets used a handheld device linked up to a portable thermal printer. Cool! no more bunch of tickets that clutter one's bag. I'm not yet sure if it can be accepted as a purchase receipt. But it does have the TIN printed on the ticket, so I guess maybe it can be honored for reimbursements and stuff. But i guess the nicest part of this is that we can see technology starting to take shape for regular day to day activities for the benefit of all individuals.

I wonder when the time will come that cashless shopping would be used everywhere, or when GPRS would be cheap and fast for wireless internet anywhere. I guess when that time comes, more people would benefit to the world of cyberspace (and PORN, hahaha).



Thought chain: I was thinking before of a good info service idea through text messaging: how about an MRT or LRT service that can be texted to query if the previous train just left, how many minutes before the next, and if the station can still be reached for the last trip. Para naman 'di mo kailangang kumaripas ng takbo, only to find out that the train just left. ok rin sigurong malaman yung station stats like volume of passengers, or get alerts if repairs are being done or such.