Comment Re:Cue the Apple zealots ... (Score 1) 479
I see computer as more an aid to my brain.
Computer has become more a kind of storage and
communication device. Storage is still aiding
the brain but not aiding the creative part.
It is not using the potential of computers.
Alan is talking about using computers to do creative things, using computers to give form to your imaginations. Programming allows you to create things, change things, let them work the way you like, to see different conditions.
This power has not been given to normal users.
kind of applications:
Particularly the web where you simply read the information, don't think about changing it, improving it has lagged in this (things like slashdot, wikipedia use to some extent the collaborative potential, again they are only text oriented and cannot be changed in ways beyond editing the text, I may like the text to move around), creating new kinds of virtual worlds (not just simple text documents), collaborating on preparing these kinds of worlds, allowing users to create random situations/worlds or situations/worlds based on inputs (what if analysis, not just on a few variables but talking of complicated situations) and these are supposed to be usable to a common user for playing or for business use or education or any other thing. It is not being done today.
kind of interfaces:
The interfaces have to be built giving people to experiment/play around which is not being done currently.
kind of information the user needs for using interfaces:
The basic infrastructure for such new applications can come from the information domain side bringing computers closer in thinking to humans making the interactions even more productive.
When we are at a stage in computer science where computers have general knowledge of domains people can build and play with scenarios, worlds knowing only about their domain information and not worrying about databases and files.
Computer has become more a kind of storage and
communication device. Storage is still aiding
the brain but not aiding the creative part.
It is not using the potential of computers.
Alan is talking about using computers to do creative things, using computers to give form to your imaginations. Programming allows you to create things, change things, let them work the way you like, to see different conditions.
This power has not been given to normal users.
kind of applications:
Particularly the web where you simply read the information, don't think about changing it, improving it has lagged in this (things like slashdot, wikipedia use to some extent the collaborative potential, again they are only text oriented and cannot be changed in ways beyond editing the text, I may like the text to move around), creating new kinds of virtual worlds (not just simple text documents), collaborating on preparing these kinds of worlds, allowing users to create random situations/worlds or situations/worlds based on inputs (what if analysis, not just on a few variables but talking of complicated situations) and these are supposed to be usable to a common user for playing or for business use or education or any other thing. It is not being done today.
kind of interfaces:
The interfaces have to be built giving people to experiment/play around which is not being done currently.
kind of information the user needs for using interfaces:
The basic infrastructure for such new applications can come from the information domain side bringing computers closer in thinking to humans making the interactions even more productive.
When we are at a stage in computer science where computers have general knowledge of domains people can build and play with scenarios, worlds knowing only about their domain information and not worrying about databases and files.
