Alistair Thomas

The past, apparently

Star gazer

I agree, nice article.

I think it a techie's wet dream that we're all going to become tech-aware. The reason than human interfaces are so important to future development is that the vast majority of humans are tech-averse. They want the functionality, they suffer a clumsy interface to get what they want up to a point, but at it's best the tech becomes invisible (and totally taken for granted).

You may be right that IT depts etc will dissappear but it will be because machines have become clever enough to talk to people without technicial intermediaries and not because people become tech-aware.

Sorry it was a negative, but in such a contraversial subject, one negative means that there were 20 things about which I thought you might be right.

Great article - loved it - got me thinking!

The perfect sort of forward looking thing to put out in the run up to the New Year.

Thanks and Merry Christmas.