Happy iPhone Day
It's been a long time since the tech world has been quite so excited about a new product launch. Well, maybe the game consoles were like this in some corners of the world, but they're toys, amusement devices. There's a sense — a hope, really — that this is new. Michael Mulvey comes closes to nailing it:
The iPhone is the floating car we imagined we'd be driving in the future.
The Jetsons, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Minority Report ...the iPhone is that touchscreen gadget they all used (metaphorically speaking) to communicate with...... and like any good science fiction movie - it's about the theatrics. The experience. The motion. The transitions. The atmosphere. What the iPhone does is as important as how it does it.
That, of course, is the takeaway from Brenda Laurel's important Computers as Theater
But we're a future-hungry generation and the future is late in arriving. Damn it, I want my jet pack.