3 minutes, one technology: the piano
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For the BathCamp evening event on 21st July 2009 (http://bathcamp.ning.com/events/bathcamponified-3-minutes-one), we asked people to present on "the one technology which has blown you away more than any other". Rather than choose Spotify, the iPhone or Gmail, I instead picked the piano as my technology: something I've enjoyed playing for (ouch) more than 30 years. Here, in slides which I tried to present in less than 3 minutes, are some of the reasons why.
3 minutes, one technology: the piano
- 1. the piano
- 2. Ive been playing ~30 years (eek!)
- 3. all the pleasure of programming, none of the bullshit
- 5. flies in the face of usability...
- 6. 88-point UI
- 8. 12,000 parts
- 10. 18-30 tonnes across 230 strings
- 11. ~ 895,000 made each year
- 12. 贈0 - 贈1.45m
- 13. in short: a widespread, cheap, beautiful, elegant, mature, evolving, growing technology
- 14. without music, life would be a mistake Friedrich Nietzsche
- 15. Q: What are the odds of being killed by a piano falling on you? A: I don't know the exact chances, but i know it is rare
- 16. thanks rowlf http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarnie/1372768249/ old musicians http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/3115676722/ bullshit http://www.flickr.com/photos/slipstreamjc/853577358/ inside http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojoglad/533453798/ complicated http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjnagle/110738644/ hammer http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoder_slanger/2071748555/ action http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17571/17571-h/17571-h.htm pressure http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzcelt/2795295056/ piano shop http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbasanta/2074962097/ pound http://www.flickr.com/photos/smigol/2467443756/ pedals http://www.flickr.com/photos/davelinger/2594440860/ falling piano http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacek_nl/1149140307/ keys http://www.flickr.com/photos/38355353@N00/411599127/