What I would like to see in 2004

Don Box started it… I think it would be fun to continue… 

Some things I would like to see in 2004:

1:  WAY Cheaper plasma flat screen computer monitors and TV’s.  I want them – I need them – just won’t spend the money.

2:  WAY Cheaper music downloading.  99cents a song still isn’t a big bargain. 

3:  A really good (and affordable) Virtual Reality set pluggable for first person gaming and the virtual office.  I have been wanting that since Wolfenstein and since Duncan and I created a Doom map of our rented house.

4:  Eye Glasses that project a huge computer display but is also positionally sensitive.  I’ve seen glasses that project onto your eye, however, I haven’t seen any that are positionally sensitive – I don’t want the screen to move when I move my head and I want to control the opacity of the image like I can with video card.

5:  More kids games for the Xbox.  I’m not talking E or T games – how about something educational?

6:  Less violence on TV.  The world screams when there is any form of sexual context on TV shows but we seem to be complacent with violence – not just in movies, but in kid shows and the news.

7:   WAY better functionality in tablets.  I have a tablet, but can’t stand to use it.  It’s NOT instant on, it doesn’t have biometrics (so that I don’t have to continually type in my complex passwords), the screens are too small, and the processors are no where near powerful enough.  I have to force myself to use it.

8:  Better Office 2003 functionality on tablet PC’s.  Kinda sucks that I can’t really use hand-writing capabilities in all Office applications.  I would like to see all Office applications as aware of the tablet as OneNote and MindManager for the Tablet.

9:  More services from Google.  Google has the keys that will allow us to unlock the ability to extract discrete facts from chaos – and this is the ultimate key to moving forward the way we develop software. 

10.  A search engine from Microsoft.  As I love using Google to search Microsoft, I can’t see why Microsoft can’t create a good search engine.  Even in products such as Sharepoint the signal to noise ratio of the result sets is terrible and at best irrelevant.

2 Comments

  • What tablet do you have?



    I have the Acer C110, and it's plenty powerful for just about everything but gaming. Even then, many games run well, but certain 3d-intensive stuff chugs along.



    I would love instant on...



    I'll probably upgrade my tablet again next year, we'll see what models come out this year.



    And you should look into the lonestar update - it improves the usability infinitely. I NEVER used the TIP before ... but now it's great.

  • Considering that one of the most frequently trotted out excuses for stealing music is "I don't wanna pay $15 ($20, $25, whatever) for an album with one good song", 99¢ seems like a bargain to me...if you're making an album for yourself, you're getting your full money's worth.



    Instead of cheaper crappy songs, I'd rather hear (and pay for) better ones.

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