On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Casey Ransberger <[email protected]>wrote:
> > The computer is going to keep getting smaller. How do you program a phone? > It would be nice to be able to just talk to it, but it needs to be able -- > in a programming context -- to eliminate ambiguity by asking me questions > about what I meant. Or *something.* > Well, once computers get small enough that we can easily integrate them with our senses and gestures, it will become easier to program again. Phones are an especially difficult target (big hands and fingers, small screens, poor tactile feedback, noisy environments). But something like Project Glass or AR glasses could project information onto different surfaces - screens the size of walls, effectively - or perhaps the size of our moleskin notebooks [1]. Something like myo [2] would support pointer and gesture control without much interfering with our use of hands. That said, I think supporting ambiguity and resolving it will be one of the upcoming major revolutions in both HCI and software design. It has a rather deep impact on software design [3]. (Your Siri converstation had me laughing out loud. Appreciated.) [1] http://awelonblue.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/ubiquitous-programming-with-pen-and-paper/ [2] https://getmyo.com/ [3] http://awelonblue.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/abandoning-commitment-in-hci/
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