If you think about it, the majority of tasks done on today's computer is just a digital variation of paperwork. We read/write text, fill out forms, do mathmatical calculations, check schedules, etc. Most modern people covet the computer for letting them do all this in an efficient manner and rightfully so, but are our "digital" experiences being limited by technology itself? Is the 2-D navigation system, with window views of directories and icons, only allowing us more time to do more paperwork? Are we only allowed to do paperwork because the technology industry as a business sees "productivity" as its number one goal? What about other aspects of life like spirituality or health, should that part of the user's life not benefit from technology if possible?
If the hardware/software is to truly serve as an interface it needs to first recognize what its trying to interface. Its trying to interface people with people. Not people and information or data, those things originate from other people. The interface should serve more as a conduit rather than a storage cabinet.
I'm not sure what design I would submit for a prototype, but at this point I'm looking at the hacky-sack ball.
First off, am I the only one that can't get to the article right now? I've been trying to link to the Washington Post site for an hour now and I can't get in. Did they crash or what? Also, I can't get to the Popular Science site either. What's up?
So anyway...
Last night I was DLing off Limewire and I came across 2 versions of a Radiohead cover, "Creep". One was by Bob Dylan and the other was by U2. I clicked on both of them and realized the address it was coming from was the same. So I figured its some other guy who likes covers and likes that paticular song Creep.
The Bob Dylan version came in first and the U2 version came in a couple hours later. So I'm listening to the Bob Dylan version and its obviously not Bob Dylan. Its these jokers recording themselves playing guitar with one guy doing a really bad Dylan. It sucks, but its hilarious at the same time. The guy is even laughing as he sings.
So anyway...
The U2 version finally comes in and its U2 live in concert. The Edge starts the intro and as the audience recognizes the song they start cheering. Then Bono starts singing and there's a second wave of cheers. Then I start noticing that Bono's voice is heavily augmented. Is it just a bad recording? So I start to think, "Is this the same jokers again?" If you had a friend that could pull off a pretty decent Bono, and some other friends that knew all the chords to Creep, you could pretty easily mix in a stock "audience cheer" and the DLing public wouldn't be the wiser.
So anyway, I don't know what really happened there for sure, but I got a big kick out of it, especially if it is bogus. Its like a whole new kind of copyright infringement where you don't just steal the song, but the artist's identity. (I personally would never try to pull one over on Mr. Dylan, but fuck U2. The jokes on you Bono!)
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If you think about it, the majority of tasks done on today's computer is just a digital variation of paperwork. We read/write text, fill out forms, do mathmatical calculations, check schedules, etc. Most modern people covet the computer for letting them do all this in an efficient manner and rightfully so, but are our "digital" experiences being limited by technology itself? Is the 2-D navigation system, with window views of directories and icons, only allowing us more time to do more paperwork? Are we only allowed to do paperwork because the technology industry as a business sees "productivity" as its number one goal? What about other aspects of life like spirituality or health, should that part of the user's life not benefit from technology if possible?
If the hardware/software is to truly serve as an interface it needs to first recognize what its trying to interface. Its trying to interface people with people. Not people and information or data, those things originate from other people. The interface should serve more as a conduit rather than a storage cabinet.
I'm not sure what design I would submit for a prototype, but at this point I'm looking at the hacky-sack ball.
The next day the guy with the button box comes back and asks you to kill a lawyer,
and then the next day he comes back and asks you to kill an art-student working in a coffee shop,
and then the next day he comes back and asks you to kill an old lady that wears too much purfume,
and then the next day he comes back and asks you to kill a person that talks to other persons on the bus even if they don't know them,
and then the next day he comes back and asks you to kill someone with a mullet,
and then the next day...
So anyway...
Last night I was DLing off Limewire and I came across 2 versions of a Radiohead cover, "Creep". One was by Bob Dylan and the other was by U2. I clicked on both of them and realized the address it was coming from was the same. So I figured its some other guy who likes covers and likes that paticular song Creep.
The Bob Dylan version came in first and the U2 version came in a couple hours later. So I'm listening to the Bob Dylan version and its obviously not Bob Dylan. Its these jokers recording themselves playing guitar with one guy doing a really bad Dylan. It sucks, but its hilarious at the same time. The guy is even laughing as he sings.
So anyway...
The U2 version finally comes in and its U2 live in concert. The Edge starts the intro and as the audience recognizes the song they start cheering. Then Bono starts singing and there's a second wave of cheers. Then I start noticing that Bono's voice is heavily augmented. Is it just a bad recording? So I start to think, "Is this the same jokers again?" If you had a friend that could pull off a pretty decent Bono, and some other friends that knew all the chords to Creep, you could pretty easily mix in a stock "audience cheer" and the DLing public wouldn't be the wiser.
So anyway, I don't know what really happened there for sure, but I got a big kick out of it, especially if it is bogus. Its like a whole new kind of copyright infringement where you don't just steal the song, but the artist's identity. (I personally would never try to pull one over on Mr. Dylan, but fuck U2. The jokes on you Bono!)
Civil disobedience hard at work.