The Economist (January 7)
“Voice has the power to transform computing, by providing a natural means of interaction…. Being able to talk to computers abolishes the need for the abstraction of a ‘user interface’ at all. Just as mobile phones were more than existing phones without wires, and cars were more than carriages without horses, so computers without screens and keyboards have the potential to be more useful, powerful and ubiquitous than people can imagine today.”
Tags: Cars, Computers, Computing, Horses, Interaction, Interface, Keyboards, Mobile phones, Voice
New York Times (April 14)
New York’s new Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to abolish horse-drawn carriages. Protecting the animals is exemplary, eliminating them foolhardy. “Carriage horses have a place in New York, a working, workaday city. The de Blasio administration should make every effort to ensure that they are safe and protected. They do not need to be banished.”
Tags: Bill de Blasio, Carriages, Horses, New York, Safety
