Topic: Even though technology evolved at a crazy pace the last 100 years, the humble button has stayed at the center of it all. (description)
Synopsis: The humble button is very under appreciated. We don’t even know who invented it. Most of the interaction conventions we use today were developed in the 70s, and even before. These conventions affect how we think. We’re transitioning to surface interaction (think iPhone touch screen) – a shift that will also affect how we think.
Technology is shaped by us, but also shapes how we think. For example, railroads compressed our sense of time – could move around faster. Telegraph compressed distance – communication from afar (Chimeran war was first to be coordinated from a distance). The radio (world wide web of its time) brought the outside world into your home.
