How many screens do you come in contact with on a daily basis? Think about it. Your clock radio. Your TV. Your phone. Your computer. Your mp3 player.
And so on.
Now think about how many of those screens you touch to make something happen. Amazing isn’t it? We’ve certainly traveled lights years in just the last five years, let alone 10 or 20.
During a talk that I heard Kara Swisher from All Things D give in May at the Software Information Industry Association’s NetGain conference in San Francisco (I was there because the corporate blog I help manage was up for an SIIA CODiE Award), she played a Microsoft video similar to this one that some of you may have seen:
You think we’re dependent on screens now? The possibilities for touch screens – as shown in that video – in the years ahead are mind-boggling and will be fascinating.

