So you don’t have to look around: https://github.com/deathbyknowledge/gsv and gsv.space

For the last year I’ve been thinking about the trends in human computer interfaces and what the next big step is. And I don’t mean how we went from CLIs to GUIs.

It sort of went like this:

1. The computer was as big as your living room. The interface was a terminal connected to it, single use.
2. Machine and software get better, now multiple terminals using the same big computer are available.
3. Hardware gets small enough you can have a computer at home. This begins personal computing and it fits on your office desk.
4. Fast forward 20 years or so. You now have a phone which is basically a digital extension of yourself (and fits in your pocket).
5. You might think they can’t get smaller. Well, they got so small that a lot of computers moved to the cloud.

Even as this happened, you didn’t stick with a single device. It’s not like you have a phone or a laptop. Your digital life is fragmented between devices that serve different purposes.