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Maybe. I find his talks fascinating and energizing (he’s clearly a sharper guy than me), but Dynamicland feels like the ornithopter of ubiquitous computing. It
by germinalphrase 6y ago
Maybe. I find his talks fascinating and energizing (he’s clearly a sharper guy than me), but Dynamicland feels like the ornithopter of ubiquitous computing. It will be cool, clever and instructive - but why mess around with all that paper and dots when AR will do that and more?
- kanobo 6y agoI didn't mean to suggest Bret's projects and his output will literally manifest as-is in the future. I don't want paper dots or 80's style dynabooks in my living room. My intention was to say that I hope his ideas are catalysts for the next generation's innovators like Alan Kay's ideas were.
- germinalphrase 6y agoAbsolutely. I’m entirely with you on that sentiment .
- megameter 6y agoMy main criticism of Victor is that his software demos overshadow the concepts. They're extremely flashy and don't recenter the main thesis. And the concepts themselves are more like popularizations of the Engelbart-Kay dialectic than an original perspective. Despite that, I reference his talks fairly often, so I guess this is a case of "Thanks, I hate it."