5 ms·
The truly personal computer
- walterbell 12y agoOne of the better overviews of mobile and IoT. A few quotes: ".. evolution has equipped [the Ood] with two brains—one in their heads, the other carried around in their hand. .. a computer that is always with you .. undermines old certainties about what was what and who was who .. .. spatial cues—getting into a lift or onto a train, for example—can reliably trigger a check of the screen .. .. the world’s smallest slot machines .. .. lives playing out in a “timeless time” in which activities and exchanges happen in parallel or even backwards (when people’s lives come with timelines, it is a common experience to find out what they said first only after you know what they said next)." Edit: If this article was a Fringe episode, apps on the mobile would be portals into possible universes, each trying to convince users to choose one pocket universe for physical materialization.
- kleer001 12y agowell written and accurate, but nothing new, or to me very interesting
- mynameishere 12y agoWhy is the editor getting cheeky with the ELO, Rick Astley, and Steely Dan references? It's pointless joking, I guess, but it makes me think...how many other dumb sub-headlines did I not understand? Why do otherwise serious magazines do that kind of thing?