Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (2013)

Re:Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (2013) by germinalphrase on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @09:01PM (#23982407)

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?

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Re:Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (2013) by kanobo on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @09:15PM (#23982499)

I 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.

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Re:Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (2013) by megameter on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @03:24AM (#23984214)

My 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."

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Re:Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (2013) by germinalphrase on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @09:41PM (#23982673)

Absolutely. I’m entirely with you on that sentiment .

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