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{{caps|'''[[Legal ops]]'''}}: YES! Does it? <br> | {{caps|'''[[Legal ops]]'''}}: YES! Does it? <br> | ||
{{caps|'''[[JC]]'''}} (''pauses''): Um, yes. Sure it does.<br> | {{caps|'''[[JC]]'''}} (''pauses''): Um, yes. Sure it does.<br> | ||
''' | {{caps|'''Sofware Vendor'''}}: Wait, ''what''? No, it d —<br> | ||
{{caps|'''[[JC]]'''}} ('' | {{caps|'''[[JC]]'''}} (''to SV, sotto voce''): Do you ''want'' this contract? <br> | ||
{{caps|'''[[Legal ops]]'''}}: What was that? <br> | {{caps|'''[[Legal ops]]'''}}: What was that? <br> | ||
{{caps|'''[[JC]]'''}} and ''' | {{caps|'''[[JC]]'''}} and {{caps|'''Sofware Vendor'''}} ''(in unison)'': Nothing. <br> | ||
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{{quote|Technology should be part of the everyday. We should see it and touch it and use it all the time.}}{{Author|Stewart Brand}} has a great expression for this kind of technology: the “invisible present”. The problem is that technology which does integrate seamlessly into our lives doesn’t look like technology for very long. Email. Web browsers. Smartphones. Wikipedia. Google | {{quote|Technology should be part of the everyday. We should see it and touch it and use it all the time.}}{{Author|Stewart Brand}} has a great expression for this kind of technology: the “invisible present”. The problem is that technology which does integrate seamlessly into our lives doesn’t look like technology for very long. Email. Web browsers. Smartphones. Wikipedia. Google | ||
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The design of organisations and products
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Legal ops: We must innovate! We have earmarked technology budget to innovate!
JC: Great! How about some decent document comparison software? Microsoft’s comparison engine is rubbish.
Legal ops: We can’t use our fuinds on that.
JC: Why not?
Legal ops: Because it isn’t very innovative, is it?
JC: Would it change your mind if I told you it runs on blockchain?
Legal ops: YES! Does it?
JC (pauses): Um, yes. Sure it does.
Sofware Vendor: Wait, what? No, it d —
JC (to SV, sotto voce): Do you want this contract?
Legal ops: What was that?
JC and Sofware Vendor (in unison): Nothing.
Technology should be part of the everyday. We should see it and touch it and use it all the time.
Stewart Brand has a great expression for this kind of technology: the “invisible present”. The problem is that technology which does integrate seamlessly into our lives doesn’t look like technology for very long. Email. Web browsers. Smartphones. Wikipedia. Google
It looks like *furniture*.
Things that persistently look like technology, we call “bad technology”. O Paradox.