[Sigia-l] Implications and Unintended Consequences

[Will Parker]

Tom: I hope you don't mind if I quote you on the list.

On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:51 PM, tOM Trottier wrote:
> On Friday, January 12, 2007 at 14:55,
> Will Parker <wparker at channelingdesign.com> wrote

>> So, what's your take? What **future** capabilities are implied in the
>> Apple keynote and Microsoft's CES keynote? What are the likely
>> consequences to the companies, their customers, their products? How
>> will these products and designs be used? How will they affect their
>> designers and users?
>
> MS envisions people hunkering down in their Fords connected to the  
> world so distracted they run
> into things.
>
> Implications: we gotta get automated cars.
>
> Apple envisions people dancing down the streets looking cool  
> viewing the world through a thin
> sliver of glass.
>
> Implications: who needs drugs?
>
> tOM

Actually, my take on Microsoft's keynote vision is:

1) In the future, everyone will live in a house that closely  
resembles Bill Gates' mansion.

2) In the future, wall-sized high-resolution displays will be as  
cheap as wallpaper and easier to install.

3) In the future, everyone will agree to allow all their family  
members to know where they are, with an accuracy of six inches.

4) In the future, grandparents will allow their offspring full access  
to the video surveillance cameras inexplicably installed inside their  
homes.

5) In the future, active bus stop data displays will be maintained in  
a pristine state so that strangers can tell which bus you're planning  
to ride and which restaurants you frequent.

6) In the future, family gatherings will center around the core  
household data display; namely, the refrigerator.

> Apple envisions people dancing down the streets looking cool  
> viewing the world through a thin
> sliver of glass.
>
> Implications: who needs drugs?

Umm... let me think.

Microsoft?


- Will
Will Parker
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