Transition from the Personal Computer to the Smartphone
I've been watching a lot of videos lately from the personal computer revolution and Apple and Next's transition from computer companies to smart phone companies. When I think of the original Next machine having the complete works of Shakespeare and Mathematica it seemed like the machine for a scholarly audience interested in complex and interesting research. Most ads for iPhones focus on the camera or video capture, not for narrative generation, but to capture life as it happens. I feel like smartphones are more capture devices where any software installed on them is in the form of a walled garden through an app store, whereas the personal computer revolution seemed more about empowering the individual to create new works in a way that could only be done by specialists.
In some ways it feels like the constant connection of the smartphone leads to less communication not more, I can't remember when I had a conversation longer than 10 minutes over the phone, and especially if I or the other party weren't driving.
What do you think could engender more communication and creativity? Is it a new type of device? A device not created by a major company? What would a creative collaborative device look like, not one where you collaborate with your fellow office mates, but one where you collaborate on a personal level in rich and rewarding ways communicating complex thoughts.
Submitted May 27, 2020 at 02:18AM by donsmith2060 https://ift.tt/2B8slAF
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