Surfing the Delta Wave

As somebody said, one of the biggest effects of mobile phones is that people do less planning ahead -- rather than "let's meet at 7:30 on the south side of Union Square near the bench", it's "I'll call you after I'm done and we'll figure something out."

That's a change in social interaction. It's vast, ubiquitous, and subtle. You probably do it yourself, and I'll bet you never really noticed the change. It just happened.

That's one of the things that makes mobile UX design work fun; you're working on things that really change the world. At the same time, you're part of the change, too. Surfing the delta wave is a job requirement.


I think it might have been Clay Shirky, but I wasn't able to find the original.