This document discusses the challenges of predicting the future and how technologies develop in unexpected ways. It contains quotes from people throughout history underestimating new technologies like airplanes, television, and the impact of the iPhone. The document advocates for responsive design that enhances all devices rather than excluding some. It argues we should use context to build experiences for people, not just respond to devices. Overall, the document promotes being open-minded about new technologies and not limiting designs with dogma.
4. “ It is apparent to me that the possibilities
of the aeroplane, which two or three
years ago were thought to hold the
solution to the [flying machine]
problem, have been exhausted, and that
we must turn elsewhere.
Thomas Edison, 1895
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6. “ Television won't last because people
will soon get tired of staring at a
plywood box every night.
Daryl Zanuck, movie producer, 20th Century Fox, 1946
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7. We’re not good at
predicting the future
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8. “ We see the world through a rear-
view mirror. We march
backwards into the future.
Marshall McLuhan
32. “ These examples are just the initial,
telltale signs of a huge new wave of
cheap devices about to invade our
lives—a zombie apocalypse of
electronics, if you will.
Scott Jenson
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48. “ Typically, masking passwords
doesn't even increase security,
but it does cost you business
due to login failures
Jakob Nielson
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57. “ If nothing else, it would be wise
for us all to remember that, while
our information technology may
be digital in nature, the human
beings interacting with it will
always be infuriatingly and
delightfully analog.
Adam Greenfield
Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
58. We need all the tools
we can get
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