Comments on: Hands-On http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jello http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-187032 jello Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-187032 fantastic apps for my profession - architecture - strangely, i had a dream of this (a daydream)just yesterday. welcome the matrix... fantastic apps for my profession – architecture – strangely, i had a dream of this (a daydream)just yesterday.

welcome the matrix…

]]> By: notjonathon http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186884 notjonathon Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:17:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186884 Not to mention what it will do to alleviate carpal tunnel syndrome (there are days when I can't even force myself to wrap my hand around a mouse). Not to mention what it will do to alleviate carpal tunnel syndrome (there are days when I can’t even force myself to wrap my hand around a mouse).

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186859 Kieran Healy Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:54:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186859 I assumed the giganto screen would be a natural part of the setup. I assumed the giganto screen would be a natural part of the setup.

]]> By: chris y http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186853 chris y Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:44:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186853 X-windows with touch screen? Elegant but hardly mind blowing. The real world problem is that for this sort of thing to perform at its best you really need that 44" screen. On your 15" lappie it'd look crowded and messy. X-windows with touch screen? Elegant but hardly mind blowing. The real world problem is that for this sort of thing to perform at its best you really need that 44” screen. On your 15” lappie it’d look crowded and messy.

]]> By: Jay Conner http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186843 Jay Conner Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:06:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186843 When the liquid energy problem makes travel rare, we will meet friends, family and coworkers in setups deriving from this. O brave new world, that has such technology in it ! When the liquid energy problem makes travel rare, we will meet friends, family and coworkers in setups deriving from this.

O brave new world, that has such technology in it !

]]> By: Robin http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186833 Robin Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:42:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186833 Didn't we see a demo of this in Spielberg's Minority Report? Didn’t we see a demo of this in Spielberg’s Minority Report?

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186830 Matt Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:06:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186830 Not on topic at all but I've just seen that "old wood" Micah Schwartzman has apparently been hired to a tenure track possition at Virginia Law- a very nice position, I'd think, one deserving congratulations. Any chance he'll come back and do some blogging now that he's got a regular job? Not on topic at all but I’ve just seen that “old wood” Micah Schwartzman has apparently been hired to a tenure track possition at Virginia Law- a very nice position, I’d think, one deserving congratulations. Any chance he’ll come back and do some blogging now that he’s got a regular job?

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186819 sanbikinoraion Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:37:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186819 Most people use their computers for office stuff or for surfing the web. We all know that the web is mostly comprised of pornography. So I suspect that this technology will succeed or fail on the question of whether the porn industry can do anything useful with it :P Most people use their computers for office stuff or for surfing the web. We all know that the web is mostly comprised of pornography. So I suspect that this technology will succeed or fail on the question of whether the porn industry can do anything useful with it :P

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186808 Kieran Healy Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:39:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186808 <i>Useful for some applications, perhaps, but 99% of computer work will still involve typing on a keyboard. You can’t write code, fill out a spreadsheet, enter task names into a project management app, or write a technical report using that interface. You could do some great supporting stuff, like diagrams or 3D models, but not the main content.</i> Yes, yes, I'm not saying it'll replace the keyboard. That's why I said "bells and whistles" for presentations and some specific stuff like data visualization. <i>Didn’t we already see this in the iPhone demos?</i> Yes, there was some speculation that Han's company was responsible for the interface there, but I think it wasn't. Useful for some applications, perhaps, but 99% of computer work will still involve typing on a keyboard. You can’t write code, fill out a spreadsheet, enter task names into a project management app, or write a technical report using that interface. You could do some great supporting stuff, like diagrams or 3D models, but not the main content.

Yes, yes, I’m not saying it’ll replace the keyboard. That’s why I said “bells and whistles” for presentations and some specific stuff like data visualization.

Didn’t we already see this in the iPhone demos?

Yes, there was some speculation that Han’s company was responsible for the interface there, but I think it wasn’t.

]]> By: Kenny Easwaran http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186807 Kenny Easwaran Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:34:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186807 Didn't we already see this in the iPhone demos? I guess that was just the existence of multitouch sensors, and not as much about the general interface. (I only say this because my boyfriend showed me a video like this one about a week or so before the iPhone demo, so it seemed familiar in the opposite direction.) I think the real demonstration though was a computer with huge memory or processing or whatever power (50 videos playing at once, while watching for touches that could move or resize any of these videos?) Didn’t we already see this in the iPhone demos? I guess that was just the existence of multitouch sensors, and not as much about the general interface. (I only say this because my boyfriend showed me a video like this one about a week or so before the iPhone demo, so it seemed familiar in the opposite direction.)

I think the real demonstration though was a computer with huge memory or processing or whatever power (50 videos playing at once, while watching for touches that could move or resize any of these videos?)

]]> By: asg http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186806 asg Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:22:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186806 Useful for some applications, perhaps, but 99% of computer work will still involve typing on a keyboard. You can't write code, fill out a spreadsheet, enter task names into a project management app, or write a technical report using that interface. You could do some great supporting stuff, like diagrams or 3D models, but not the main content. Useful for some applications, perhaps, but 99% of computer work will still involve typing on a keyboard. You can’t write code, fill out a spreadsheet, enter task names into a project management app, or write a technical report using that interface. You could do some great supporting stuff, like diagrams or 3D models, but not the main content.

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186804 Kieran Healy Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:13:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186804 Sorry about that. I fixed it so that it won't start automatically now. Sorry about that. I fixed it so that it won’t start automatically now.

]]> By: Scott Eric Kaufman http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-186802 Scott Eric Kaufman Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:55:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/13/hands-on/#comment-186802 Incredible display there, but maybe you can set it up so it doesn't run as soon as it loads? Personally, I don't mind, but if I had a job...a life...a career, I could imagine the autorun futzing it up. (Apologies if that sounds overly snarky. It's just that my RSS reader's now stealing all of my memory, and this post's the reason. Would that Firefox didn't leak memory like a ship full o' axe murderers!) Incredible display there, but maybe you can set it up so it doesn’t run as soon as it loads? Personally, I don’t mind, but if I had a job…a life…a career, I could imagine the autorun futzing it up.

(Apologies if that sounds overly snarky. It’s just that my RSS reader’s now stealing all of my memory, and this post’s the reason. Would that Firefox didn’t leak memory like a ship full o’ axe murderers!)

]]>