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really interesting article on the future (or demise) of interactivity in technology and in our lives…
…pictures Under Glass is an interaction paradigm of permanent numbness. It’s a Novocaine drip to the wrist. It denies our hands what they do best. And yet, it’s the star player in every Vision Of The Future…
…the next time you make a sandwich, pay attention to your hands. Seriously! Notice the myriad little tricks your fingers have for manipulating the ingredients and the utensils and all the other objects involved in this enterprise. Then compare your experience to sliding around Pictures Under Glass…
deadlines
(with thanks to ‘wilbert leering’ for the share)
into time
it would probably be quite dangerous to smoke some grass before clicking around on this page from ‘rafaël rozendaal’, because the mesmerising effect could get you trapped in a space/time continuum, forever, be warned…
i actually tried to design a website for a client with this simple yet cool, effect several years ago, but failed… if you are reading this ‘m’… this is what it was meant to look like!
well-travelled images
amusing archive of overused stock images on book jackets, including the woman with a birdcage and without her birdcage…
and a man walking near a fence whether it be in london or berlin or even with a different hat on, the perils of using iconic (but freely available as stock) images…
