“Stay Current or Die”

I ran across this bit of insight from a user on site I frequent and must say I agreecompletely and have believed this for a while.

“Print, broadcast, interactive…I think all of these will soon be one cohesive medium. Technology changes everyday. Interactive is expanding rilly fast. UI doesn’t even touch the face of it and is such a broad topic.

Right now I think these things are what’s already here or what’s upcoming. The next big boom so to speak:

Mobile (Been here but will be exploding very soon. I’m talking more than just iPhone apps).

Augmented Reality (With all the new motion capture shit going on, I think this tech will be getting REAL popular really soon. I can see this technology getting integrated with broadcast too).

Interactive TV (Just starting to get here. This is where I believe everything will be soon. Lazy folks like me would rather be on a couch watching TV than in an office chair in front of a computer monitor. I can see mobile and augmented reality being a big part of this as well).

I think designers need to know more about dev and technology…If you can’t hang, expect to get paid McWages. Gotta stay current or die. “