One of the better overviews of mobile and IoT. A few quotes:
".. evolution has equipped [the Ood] with two brains—one in their heads, the other carried around in their hand.
.. a computer that is always with you .. undermines old certainties about what was what and who was who ..
.. spatial cues—getting into a lift or onto a train, for example—can reliably trigger a check of the screen ..
.. the world’s smallest slot machines ..
.. lives playing out in a “timeless time” in which activities and exchanges happen in parallel or even backwards (when people’s lives come with timelines, it is a common experience to find out what they said first only after you know what they said next)."
Edit: If this article was a Fringe episode, apps on the mobile would be portals into possible universes, each trying to convince users to choose one pocket universe for physical materialization.
Why is the editor getting cheeky with the ELO, Rick Astley, and Steely Dan references? It's pointless joking, I guess, but it makes me think...how many other dumb sub-headlines did I not understand? Why do otherwise serious magazines do that kind of thing?
".. evolution has equipped [the Ood] with two brains—one in their heads, the other carried around in their hand.
.. a computer that is always with you .. undermines old certainties about what was what and who was who ..
.. spatial cues—getting into a lift or onto a train, for example—can reliably trigger a check of the screen ..
.. the world’s smallest slot machines ..
.. lives playing out in a “timeless time” in which activities and exchanges happen in parallel or even backwards (when people’s lives come with timelines, it is a common experience to find out what they said first only after you know what they said next)."
Edit: If this article was a Fringe episode, apps on the mobile would be portals into possible universes, each trying to convince users to choose one pocket universe for physical materialization.