Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Steve Johnson - The Desktop
Johnson's article seems as if it should have been split into sections. I do not have context within the entire book, but he talks about many different things. beyond that....
I feel this article was decent, as a summary of what has happened with GUI's from their creation to 1996, which antiquates the article. In all honesty, he really didn't seem to bring much to the table. The most interesting part of the article I found, was how in the early days of GUI's they created virtual office environments. Clicking on a calculator opens a spreadsheet, and a typewriter opens the word processor. This idea was extremely laughable. Beyond that, it seems everything he brought up, has been resolved, the palace, succeeded now by second life. And even the shooters have been advanced upon in such titles like Team Fortress 2. I want to jump in a time machine, and read this in 1996, not in 2008.
I feel this article was decent, as a summary of what has happened with GUI's from their creation to 1996, which antiquates the article. In all honesty, he really didn't seem to bring much to the table. The most interesting part of the article I found, was how in the early days of GUI's they created virtual office environments. Clicking on a calculator opens a spreadsheet, and a typewriter opens the word processor. This idea was extremely laughable. Beyond that, it seems everything he brought up, has been resolved, the palace, succeeded now by second life. And even the shooters have been advanced upon in such titles like Team Fortress 2. I want to jump in a time machine, and read this in 1996, not in 2008.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Interactivity
So the last blog i set up wouldn't update for some reason, so here she is.
3 systems
Water Cycle
Urinary Cycle
Sewage
Project 1 - http://www.tommybrassfield.com/inter
and..
Response to As we may think.
The article, As we may think, by Vannevar Bush most certainly blew my mind. Not because of his technologies were too crazy to ever comprehend. but they exist. In the 1940s, I probably would have told him to screw off, no way. It is often true though, that through war technologies take leaps instead of steps. Most of rocketry information to get us to the moon came out of world war 2, as V1,2,3 rockets (Info). Then you have the "kleenex" developed in WW1 to help against mustard gases. (source)
With these ideas in mind, it isnt hard to grasp a great intellectual coming forth with these grandiose ideas, and then eventually having them come into be. Our best inventors, often cant really create anything, i suppose.
tb
3 systems
Water Cycle
Urinary Cycle
Sewage
Project 1 - http://www.tommybrassfield.com/inter
and..
Response to As we may think.
The article, As we may think, by Vannevar Bush most certainly blew my mind. Not because of his technologies were too crazy to ever comprehend. but they exist. In the 1940s, I probably would have told him to screw off, no way. It is often true though, that through war technologies take leaps instead of steps. Most of rocketry information to get us to the moon came out of world war 2, as V1,2,3 rockets (Info). Then you have the "kleenex" developed in WW1 to help against mustard gases. (source)
With these ideas in mind, it isnt hard to grasp a great intellectual coming forth with these grandiose ideas, and then eventually having them come into be. Our best inventors, often cant really create anything, i suppose.
tb
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