To a one year-old, a magazine is an iPad that doesn’t work
This video reminded me of a story that technology expert Clay Shirky told a few years ago about his friend’s daughter looking for the mouse behind their television. Shirky made the point that the emerging generation has a different set of expectations when it comes to information and technology. They expect to interact, and create, not just consume. He summed it up by saying, ”a screen that ships without a mouse, ships broken.” In recent years, touch screens, motion and voice controls are replacing the mouse as our input devices – but I think Shirky’s point still rings true. Our expectations are changing, and this must be addressed by those of us who teach others and share information.
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12/06/2011 at 7:55 am
This is amazing!!! And I’ll admit, a little disturbing….Thanks for sharing! May have to share on the blog! Incredible!
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12/06/2011 at 11:53 pm
interesting. yes, this is something i think about a lot. and it’s an even more interesting topic when you have an infant who is learning to take in all of this, but you are a household that is a little behind on the technological front. yes, we have a computer {otherwise i would not be able to type this comment}, but we don’t have a t.v. that has bells and whistles… no gaming. no way to connect with the internet. we have an old school t.v. that is as basic as they come… i mean, used to come. and we have no iPads here. no laptops. no smart phones. so it will be interesting when he starts to go out into the “real world” and see other kids his age with all those things. i am sure he will come home and ask, “mom, why don’t we have those things?… why are we living in the ‘dark ages’?” or “why is all our stuff broken?” =)
10/25/2012 at 1:47 pm
There’s really no point in requesting Apple to change their advertisement ‘strategy’.simply go back to the store and tell them you are entitled to the same warranty they gave during its 1st year. They will, and do, take that to heart and comply.