Comments on: Mike Monteiro Fucking Gets It

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:53:19 +0000

[I thought I'd repost my comment on this.
If you are able to restore the original comments, please delete this one.]

When I saw the presentation I immediately thought: "Wil Wheaton will finally be able to scribble one something that isn't just glass with printed paper behind it."
I commented on this on the AMB blog (ep #45) already, but I'll say it again:

If I'm not much mistaken were entering an era (sounds pompous, but I couldn't find a better expression) of consumer friendly client-host-computing.
This goes beyond the single tasking approach of the iPhone and iPad, where you can only have one app running at a time.
You'll decide what you want to do, load up the client device with the needed data and work away.
Or to use your example: You stuff the iPad up to the brim with porn, walk away from the host computer and start jerking off. When you're done, you delete the unnecessary data, and fill the iPad with stuff for your next task.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:12:00 +0000

Your last sentence says it all. If you had really queried any of the über-geeks up until 8 days ago, they would have said this was their inspiration to get into the field in the first place. Then, somebody hands it to them on a silver platter, and they're saying: "Oh, did I say Star Trek? I meant The Flintstones!"

By: Jim Perry

Jim Perry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0000

I don't want to worry about drivers or if the flash memory is soldered correctly to enable fast-interleaved access. I don't give a fuck if it works with my refrigerator. I want it to work for me.

Maybe people who bust their nut over an open system should try using a system that is more complete from the start. No system truly is but some do it a hell of a lot better than others and they do it in a way that does not take away from the user experience. Maybe that is the problem with "open system" people; their definition of a user experience is having to fuck with the system to make it work in the first place because it is incomplete or half-assed.

For some software, I like expandability and options but it is often the case, as George Carlin once observed: "Too many choices, people. Not healthy." (From "Back in Town," 1996).

Money quote: "Hell, ask them if they would want the whole Star Trek computing experience (“Computer, download all available pornography with the keywords, ‘asian,’ ‘big titties’ and ‘lesbian’”). I think most would say yes."

Absolutely! Make it so!

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:41:00 +0000

You're probably right. I loved this episode of Family Guy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:09:00 +0000

Once the SDK's in enough hands, I'm betting we'll seea dozen LCARS-style blinkie apps up on the App Store before you can say "shut up, Wesley."

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:01:00 +0000

IMO Apple should make a special edition where there's PADD written below the Apple logo, not iPad. They should also add an interface skin that makes it looks like LCARS.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:59:00 +0000

I wanted that thing on the tv. Once I was clear about how the first iPhone interface actually worked, I congratulated TNG's Mike Okuda for the first consumer realization of his software-based interface design for TNG. I did so again the day the iPad debuted. Not bad for 1987.

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:33:00 +0000

I’d buy one. As would everyone of the AMB crew, even though I wouldn’t want to know what they’d do with it cough… Arrington… cough

Also: http://gizmodo.com/5448955/no-seriously-a-working-star-trek-phaser-with-diy-instructions

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:10:00 +0000

When I saw the presentation I immediately thought: "Wil Wheaton will finally be able to scribble one something that isn't just glass with printed paper behind it." I commented on this on the AMB blog (ep #45) already, but I'll say it again:

If I'm not much mistaken were entering an era (sounds pompous, but I couldn't find a better expression) of consumer friendly client-host-computing. This goes beyond the single tasking approach of the iPhone and iPad, where you can only have one app running at a time. You'll decide what you want to do, load up the client device with the needed data and work away. Or to use your example: You stuff the iPad up to the brim with porn, walk away from the host computer and start jerking off. When you're done, you delete the unnecessary data, and fill the iPad with stuff for your next task.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:33:00 +0000

When I saw the iPad, I said, "Finally - the Star Trek PADD!" What's funny (not ha-ha) is when the iPhone was introduced, I said, "Finally - the Star Trek Communicator!"

Is Apple about to create the Phaser?