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And, after five years, it continues to be the most interesting and informative web site I have found on the subjects it addresses — varied as they are. Where else can one read about photography, computers, software, engineering and corporate malfeasance in a single paragraph? Keep it up!
Thomas, congratulations for this 5-year-anniversary. I like your sophisticated blog very much. It’s a rather diligent work to publish so many comprehensive posts. It seemed to me you like writing articles, like a passionate author of books. Good for the readers, which will eagerly anticipate a lot of your exciting articles for the next five years.
Congratulations on five years. I started reading this site mainly since I’m trying to learn about photography, but I’ve actually been finding your commentaries about technology interesting as well.
That being said, the comment “I write to find out what I think.” raises a question for me. It seems to me that your prediction regarding the death of keyboards is heavily reliant on speech recognition becoming the new standard for text input. I’ve read comments from some people who already use this technology all the time on their computers and swear by it. However, when my dad tried it a few years back he soon went back to a keyboard, not because of the accuracy, but simply because he found that text he dictated was never as well thought out as what he typed. I’m curious as to whether you’ve used speech recognition, and if so what your experiences were.
Stuart – Thanks for the kind words.
Yes, I have been experimenting with speech recognition since my PC days over a decade ago and, no, I have not found anything up to snuff yet, whether among the ‘teach them your enunciation’ packages or those without the teaching need. But it will come and yes, my comments about keyboards dying are based on the expectation that speech recognition technology will get there. Realize that touch technology was, for most, a dream just a few years ago.
As regards dictation skills, I have too many years in business before the advent of personal computers and the obsolescence of secretaries for that to be an issue. It’s a skill like any other and needs to be learned. It happens to be a wonderful way of refining your thinking, writing and public speaking skills.
So in that regard, at least, the keyboard is a massive retrograde step for me as I now have to type where earlier I spoke to a dictaphone. Practically speaking, secretaries are cheaper than executive time spent on typing, but the world is not a rational place, mistaking motion for action all the time.