“Images under glass”
Speaking of collage, an interesting juxtaposition this morning: after I learn about Mixel, an iPad app that lets you create collages and share them, and after I play with it a few minutes and think, but I like the crunch of the scissors and the smell of the glue when I’m making my collages, I come across Bret Victor’s “A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design,” in which he examines the role of the hand in interaction design:
Take out your favorite Magical And Revolutionary Technology Device. Use it for a bit. What did you feel? Did it feel glassy? Did it have no connection whatsoever with the task you were performing? I call this technology Pictures Under Glass.
Pictures under glass. Sounds like Stanley Donwood:
Computers don’t seem real to me because there’s a sheet of glass between you and whatever is happening. You never really get to touch anything that you’re doing…
Just saying: love the social/democratic/remix edge of Mixel, but I can’t imagine I’ll be getting rid of my scissors and glue sticks any time soon…
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