Comments on: Cognitive surplus and organizational slack http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/05/02/cognitive-surplus-and-organizational-slack/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:38:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tony Hirst http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/05/02/cognitive-surplus-and-organizational-slack/comment-page-1/#comment-157115 Tony Hirst Thu, 08 May 2008 15:17:25 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/05/02/cognitive-surplus-and-organizational-slack/#comment-157115 Clay Shirky closes by saying he's always going to ask: "Where's the mouse?" But as this story shows, maybe even the barrier to entry presented by the mouse is disappearing in terms of expectation? "This morning in our local Border's I noticed that they had little notices stuck above the screens of their enquiry system. They said that these were not touch screen systems and that people should use the tracker ball and button. "It is interesting how things come to be expected ...." http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001629.html Clay Shirky closes by saying he’s always going to ask: “Where’s the mouse?”

But as this story shows, maybe even the barrier to entry presented by the mouse is disappearing in terms of expectation?

“This morning in our local Border’s I noticed that they had little notices stuck above the screens of their enquiry system. They said that these were not touch screen systems and that people should use the tracker ball and button.

“It is interesting how things come to be expected ….”
http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001629.html

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