Strange Systems » definition http://www.strangesystems.com Architecture. User Experience. Exploring the overlap of physical and virtual. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:12:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Convergence, a defintion http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/convergence-a-defintion.html http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/convergence-a-defintion.html#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:37:35 +0000 namho http://blog.strangesystems.net/?p=68 I’ve been struggling to define exactly what “convergence” means in today’s wired world. I think I’ve found the best definition yet.

Convergence is sometimes viewed as the consolidation of multiple technologies towards a singular uber-device. I prefer to define convergence as the tendency of technologies, as they grow in complexity and scope, to overlap (and consolidate) functions. Convergence therefore refers to a trend wherein devices and functions take on commonly shared traits, but this doesn’t mean that this trend ultimately ends with a single multifunctional mega-device, no matter how cool and ‘mad scientist’ that might sound.

The article goes on to describe “7 considerations for convergence”. An excellent read.

]]> http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/convergence-a-defintion.html/feed 0 Intuitive: definition http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/intuitive-definition.html http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/intuitive-definition.html#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:40:21 +0000 namho http://blog.strangesystems.net/?p=32 In his thoughtful article, Intuition, pleasure, and gestures, Jonathan Korman of Cooper crafts the most elegant definition of the word “intuitive” I have ever come across:

Intuitive: Easy to explain, powerful in its implications, impossible to forget.

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