I read the first Harry Potter book not long after it was first released in the U.S. I wasn’t very far into the book when I had a revelation.<\/p>\n
I realized that J.K. Rowling had a really useful take on user interface design. Rather than starting with “what can technology allow us to do”, she was starting with “What do we want our interfaces to do, if they could do anything at all?”<\/p>\n
So we were treated to a world where people in newspaper photos could come to life, where you could look at a map to see where somebody was at the moment, where you could magically conjure a ride to take you places, no matter where you happened to be<\/p>\n
At the time, these were widely seen as amusing fantasies. Now they are accepted as everyday realities.<\/p>\n
I really like this approach to future user interface design. I think we should continue to use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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