tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968619.post2413176792826925075..comments2009-07-27T16:05:03.197+02:00Comments on uselog.com | the product usability weblog: Online concept evaluation in Philips' Simplicity L...Jasper (uselog.com)noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968619.post-81961688068064675232009-07-27T16:05:03.197+02:002009-07-27T16:05:03.197+02:00imagine that: in 1994 they were exploring the netw...imagine that: in 1994 they were exploring the networked home and still today, more then ten years later, <b>nobody gives a damn about the networked home</b>, except techno-exhibitionist and sellers of white goods desperate for finding a way to push more boxes out.<br /><br />At this rate, if in 2050 nobody still gives a damn about the networked home they will have been even more anticipatory.<br /><br />OK, more seriously: I have not yet seen a realistic scenario for the networked home that wasn't either a minefield of potential disasters or an exercise in boredom. And the fridge talks to the oven! And what do they talk about? "I am very hot!" "I am very cold!" "Ovens rule" "No, fridges rule!"<br /><br />I am sorry, the networked home brings out the worse in me.Walter Aprilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16953868966920600931noreply@blogger.com