Here's why Glass users are assholes, and why that won't always be true: because "iPod" is a verb. "To iPod" is to change a particular technology so much that y

Here's why Glass users are assholes, and why that won't always be true: because "iPod" is a verb. "To iPod" is to change a particular technology so much that you create a permanent mark in everyone's calendar. Before Apple invented the first iPod, music players were clunky and irritating, and it was like nobody in the business knew the first thing about user interface design. After the iPod, music players were iPods, clones of iPods, or nothing. And carrying music around with you is so ubiquitous that the commuters on the bus who don't have earbuds in their ears look weird. Glass hasn't been iPodded yet. That means it's intrusive, ugly, and it threatens people -- a bit like the way people felt uncomfortable sitting on the bus with someone who had headphones on. It's rude, it's anti-social, and it's a clear sign that someone is maladjusted. But one day, someone -- almost certainly not Google -- will create a wearable camera/HUD/computer that is to Google Glass what the iPod is to the Sony Walkman. And after that, it will be normal for people to be documenting their whole lives, and the hostility will disappear quite quickly. But that day is not today. Today, if you use Glass in public, you are an asshole. Accept it peacefully and look forward to the iPodding.