Comments for Beamer's Blog http://mobilebeamer.wordpress.com Rants and raves of an intelligent mind ? Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Workshop equivalent to allotments by kybernetikos http://mobilebeamer.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/workshop-equivalent-to-allotments/#comment-2 kybernetikos Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:02:18 +0000 http://mobilebeamer.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/workshop-equivalent-to-allotments/#comment-2 Brilliant idea. As technology increases, and our culture moves away from industrialisation, there will definitely be some beached fish, that yearn for the heady days of industry and want to get their hands dirty. The clinking of the hammers, the smell of the forge, sawdust settling like snow on an anicent way of life. The days when a single artisan made by the labour of his hands an artefact. Some of these desires can be fulfilled by technology though. I imagine a web service that maintains an allotment (preferably real) for you. You can log in and look at it through a web cam, you have a watering robot, feeding robot and planting robot. There would be virtual country fares where people guess the weight of a telepresence pig, and compare the sizes of their marrows. All without leaving the comfort and safety of your desk. The virtual future of a workspace allotment would perhaps be a crafting tool that actually made and sent you the item. The challenge would be to make the crafting experience as natural as possible. Brilliant idea. As technology increases, and our culture moves away from industrialisation, there will definitely be some beached fish, that yearn for the heady days of industry and want to get their hands dirty. The clinking of the hammers, the smell of the forge, sawdust settling like snow on an anicent way of life. The days when a single artisan made by the labour of his hands an artefact.

Some of these desires can be fulfilled by technology though. I imagine a web service that maintains an allotment (preferably real) for you. You can log in and look at it through a web cam, you have a watering robot, feeding robot and planting robot. There would be virtual country fares where people guess the weight of a telepresence pig, and compare the sizes of their marrows. All without leaving the comfort and safety of your desk.

The virtual future of a workspace allotment would perhaps be a crafting tool that actually made and sent you the item. The challenge would be to make the crafting experience as natural as possible.

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