The mouse and keyboard

Computer can do bazillions of things that were really only dreams even just thirty or forty years ago. I’m listening to music on Rhapsody right now, which, when you think about it, is a bit ridiculous. I can hear pretty much any song anytime I want almost instantaneously? Amazing.

The thing that hasn’t changed in a long time, and needs to, is the mouse and keyboard. The way we interact with these machines is basically the same as it was fifteen or twenty years ago. It’s also not the most natural way for a human to interact with things.

I’m excited for when we can work with computers in our language instead of theirs. When the computer understands spoken language and can “see” hand gestures. That’s going to be cool.