In the absence of regular co hosts, I hook up on skype with Andy Delin [@delin] from Seattle and we have a rambling chat about technology now and possibly in the future. Some things we mention, in chronological order : 

.where’s kent
.andy’s building a win2008 server
.dave’s sorting stuff for his new imac
.where are all your files
.interfaces are the issue / visualisation [coverflow on mac]
.cooliris (it’s not piclens you dill!) http://cooliris.com/
.sdks and design needs to get smarter and nicer
.pre-conceived ideas on how we use tech – we make simple complex
.andy thinks the Surface is ‘cute’ :)
.device-device interaction needs a fresh look
.voice the next frontier – “sorry, I can’t do that dave”
.what’s a natural interface
.adaptive walking robots
.netbooks, advertisers cluttering up their own sites with their own ads.
.tribes and seth godin
.leadership required for nurturing creative uses for technologically connected crowd
.seti revisited – a desire to be a part of something

.culture and technology – do we really know what do do with it … are we still searching for something

..the two-way conversation – “push to talk” – startrek

Amazon.com: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us: Seth Godin: Books
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Image from Flickr: Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be a Long, Long Time) by peasap