more on resend Time to switch off and slow down (fwd)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Frode Hegland <frode () hegland com>
Date: July 17, 2005 9:13:14 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Time to switch off and slow down (fwd)


May I humbly suggest that some of this is in part a failure of the  
imagination, as is often the case with relatively new media? Why  
stick with email programs and utilities which are essentially  
unchanged since the 70s?

How about this, email which does not just 'beep' with every message,  
so you constantly have to keep checking who is sending you email.

What about a small app which speaks when you get mail, with a real  
human voice, stating who the message is from? "You have a message  
from a client" or "You have a reply from your assistant" and keeps  
quiet with non-useful messages so you will never hear anything like  
"You have another chain-message-joke from your brother".

In other words, instead of beeps you have to check, or nothing, why  
not get your email to behave (in a small way) like the 'intelligent'  
digital assistant we all want?

No, unlike the AI people who say that real intelligent assistants are  
right around the corner, we can cheat. Today.

Yes, I have such an application, called LiSA. She also works on  
phones BTW and no, I am not trying to sell this to your guys, just  
show that other approaches can provide a better information  
environment. I am happy to provide free serial numbers to all IP'ers.  
And the phone version is not publicly available yet, but happy to  
email it to one and all. Anyway, LiSA is available at http:// 
www.speakingassistant.com

And that was developed by a tiny developer. Imagine what Microsoft,  
no wait, Apple could do if they weren't so stuck in the current ways  
of doing things? There is so much more we can do.


On 15 Jul 2005, at 18:13, David Farber wrote:


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Michael Winser <michaelw () winser com>
> Date: July 15, 2005 12:53:01 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Time to switch off and slow down (fwd)
>
>
> I'm confused.  If IP was broadcast directly to my eyeballs (Fred  
> Pohl, how right you were) then I can see a problem.  If I lived in  
> Times square and was forced to watch TV on a jumbotron then I can  
> see a problem.
> I don't see a problem.
>
> > At a hi-tech conference bristling with bloggers constantly checking
> > messages on Blackberries, smartphones, laptops and handheld  
> > computers,
> > it is odd to hear a speaker suggest an e-mail free day.




-------------------------------------
You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org
To manage your subscription, go to
 http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip

Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/