Category Archives: future

Better UX to fight volcanos

Eyjafjallajökull, the icelandic volcano that has put Europe upside down, has also shaken the almost unshakeable rules of the business game. Deprived of air commuting, due to airspace closure over most of Europe, many professionals† have turned to the … Read the rest

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The Future Obsolescence of Human Voice

We depend greatly on voice but as new technologies arrive we are discovering new efficient channels for transmitting the same data. I dream of a day when I won’t be interrupted by voice. Unless I’ve tacitly agreed to have a … Read the rest

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The New “Now”: Time in the Age of the Progress Bar

The existence of the progress bar has changed our perception of time and made us hyper-aware of time change. This, in turn, has killed the uniqueness of now. The bar points up the exact instant in time we occupy, … Read the rest

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Hi-Def History: The rise of the “Hyper-Real Past”

So far we have no hi-def hyper-real portrait of the past, but this fact is irrevocably going to change really soon.

Prehistory is defined as the “period before recorded history”. It’s been long since we’ve have more sophisticated tools than … Read the rest

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