http://blog.mindjet.com/2005/05/mindmanager-and-the-human-brain-2 Quick, intelligent, witty, discreet--We confess. We’re leading a global conspiracy to promote better ideas through better collaboration. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.mindjet.com/2005/05/mindmanager-and-the-human-brain-2/comment-page-1#comment-160 Hobart Swan Fri, 20 May 2005 21:14:46 +0000 http://blog.mindjet.com/2005/05/mindmanager-and-the-human-brain#comment-160 Gerelee, I repeat myself too much. But I keep thinking about Tom Cruise's desktop in Minority Report. I think that that is actually a great model for us. We kindof have that interface now in the sense that you can drag all kinds of things in. But I really like how physical Cruise's fictional desktop is. Watching his work was like watching Eugene Ormandy conduct. How cool would it be to be doing your work on a computer--but to be moving and gesturing at the same time. I wonder if adding that element of physicality would somehow trigger new parts of our imagination, just as our interface triggers those more visual elements of our minds... Gerelee,
I repeat myself too much. But I keep thinking about Tom Cruise’s desktop in Minority Report. I think that that is actually a great model for us. We kindof have that interface now in the sense that you can drag all kinds of things in. But I really like how physical Cruise’s fictional desktop is. Watching his work was like watching Eugene Ormandy conduct. How cool would it be to be doing your work on a computer–but to be moving and gesturing at the same time. I wonder if adding that element of physicality would somehow trigger new parts of our imagination, just as our interface triggers those more visual elements of our minds…

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