In his column at Wired Magazine David Allen paints a picture of how the future could look like in the field of productivity (and creativity!) enhancing software. He envisions intelligent walls and rooms which proactively help you make associations based on the knowledge it has about you, your life, your connections and your prior work.

What I need is more real estate in which to think, and tools to facilitate the process. I need it to be systematised intelligently so that when I engage with it I’m stimulated, not stupefied.

In many respects, function follows form. So as the digital tools have got smaller, the danger is that our thinking has, too.

The great new frontier for productivity-enhancing software is in idea generation. Sure, you can use your tiny little PDA to look up words, find quotations and idea-shop until you drop. But it’s not a room.

 

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