The scene above is a good example to explain why at age 80 (almost) I am more of a "Digital Hermit" (morphed from a "Digital Nomad") than the normal terms for an octogenarian like "Digital Dinosaur" or "Boomer".

The scene is on Mylopotas Beach on the Greek Island of Ios showing both sides of the morphing, ie the TAKING (as a Digital Nomad in 2022) of the Google Street View (DIY Trekker) Panorama and the subsequent USE (as a Digital Hermit by 2024) in Web-Apps and as a Windows Background.

But first of all a brief "Resume" might be in order, which starts with the reason I am not a Digital Dinosaur (and in fact a bit too old for a Boomer) being that I was one of the original "tech-heads" in America at the very start of the so called digital revolution, back when one changed TV channels with a KNOB.

And 40 years ago I received the (UTC Carrier) President's Award for the introduction of digital technology to the world, from the Aerospace Industry to the HVAC Industry (and finally the woman/man in the street with the ubiquitous smartphone).

The downside of being there at the start is that the "time is ticking" at the other end but not so fast that at age 75 I WAS motivated by this Google motivational video.

The punch-line is "The Future of Mapping is in Your Hands" and I certainly took that on-board starting with the purchase of the same camera as the gal on the skateboard, but mounted on various hats and mainly used simply walking.

So in 2019 I headed off to the Greek Islands with my new "toys" after first making a Web-App of Greek Island Touring to select the most appropriate islands for my trip.

Via that trip I sowed the seeds for Camo's Digital Nomad Services based on the sure-fire Google opportunity afforded by being a "Street View Trusted (available for hire) Photographer" (Green Tick Man) as per this video.

Once again he is using the exact same camera as me, mounted on a tripod and not a hat, and here is my version of hat camera on the left (Naxos in 2019 with giggle hat) and a close up of my Green Tick AND much sought after Pegman Badge on the right (with flap lifted for "action").

To see how this all fits together the pano below (restore below) is one arrow click forward from the scene at the top of the page and was taken in 2022 and tilted down to show the camera mount (the tiny Ricoh camera hides itself) now on a "proper Camo hat" just found on Syros, thus completing the Camo Rama image matching my camo "birders vest".