tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post4940273438397424581..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Tragic Techbrofashionistas of The Future Put. A. Phone. On. It!Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-73272021734391682282014-01-08T08:58:55.391-08:002014-01-08T08:58:55.391-08:00> And, oh yes, "wearable computers."
...> And, oh yes, "wearable computers."<br />><br />> Wearable computers are always good for a turn on the pop-tech<br />> carousel every couple years or so. "Fashion is a form of ugliness so<br />> intolerable that we have to alter it every six months," wrote Oscar Wilde.<br /><br />Bruce Sterling on "wearables":<br /><br />http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/473/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html<br />--------------------<br />Last year, I started by listing some more-or-random interest groups<br />who seemed to me to likely to have a rather good time in 2013. I<br />figured these interest-groups looked perky and energetic, and maybe<br />they would prosper, or at least be fun to watch. How'd they do?<br /><br /> ---> "#1. The 3d printer guys. Just so interesting! Gotta love<br />them!" <br /><br />*Well, the 3D crowd did have a pretty good time of it in 2013. Then<br />their little hobby markets started saturating, and also some cruel<br />patent-trolling broke out. They're still doing okay, but the buzz of<br />2014 has moved to "wearables." Whatever that is. "Wearables" means<br />all kinds of stuff. A 3DPrinter is a genuine, kind-of functional<br />machine, but a "wearable" is pretty vaporware, almost as vague as<br />"nanotechnology."<br /><br />*When wearables arrive, I hope they're Italian. If you've gotta wear<br />the damn things all the time, they ought to at least look elegant.<br />====<br /><br />What does that remind me of? Oh yes, what Charlie Stross had<br />to say about the "SIngularity" a few years ago:<br /><br />http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/toughguide.html<br />--------------------<br />Maybe it's what an Italian rock star says when you give<br />him a wedgie. Who knows?<br />====<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-21398178731838190492014-01-07T11:24:20.014-08:002014-01-07T11:24:20.014-08:00> . . .cerebrating us onward and upward to the ...> . . .cerebrating us onward and upward to the singularities<br />> via their singularities. . .<br /><br />Ooh! That's hot!<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-74434466769290396352014-01-07T11:03:34.824-08:002014-01-07T11:03:34.824-08:00> Put. A. Phone. On. It!
Assuming the phone ha...> Put. A. Phone. On. It!<br /><br />Assuming the phone has a camera too, that would<br />certainly facilitate a popular category of "selfie".<br /><br />Anthony Weiner wannabes take note!<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com