Some of you might disagree, but there's this thing happening right now with the younger generation: they don't seem to worship technology like we do.
Which is to say, for them - it's not something 'wow cool', it just is.
My 6-year old is fascinated by bugs and trees a lot more than she is by her iPad.
I mean, the iPad she just uses. A lot. Like the lightbulb.
But she's quite neutral about all the things that we care about - the cool minimalistic design, the powerful chip inside it, the version of the OS.
Like it should be.
As a programmer, I feel very strongly about my machines, but in the grand scheme of things - especially in the time dimension - our gadgets are just tools which we use to achieve stuff, which are always getting worse as time passes.
Which is to say, for them - it's not something 'wow cool', it just is.
My 6-year old is fascinated by bugs and trees a lot more than she is by her iPad. I mean, the iPad she just uses. A lot. Like the lightbulb.
But she's quite neutral about all the things that we care about - the cool minimalistic design, the powerful chip inside it, the version of the OS.
Like it should be.
As a programmer, I feel very strongly about my machines, but in the grand scheme of things - especially in the time dimension - our gadgets are just tools which we use to achieve stuff, which are always getting worse as time passes.