Interesting in that it’s in the Times.
“As it turns out, Mr. Jobs may well have understated the quality of the iPhone Web experience. Visiting Web sites that have been redesigned for the iPhone is often a quicker and more pleasing experience than it is on those increasingly cinema-style desktop displays, which routinely have 20-inch or larger screens. It seems counterintuitive, but small really is beautiful.”
Link: On a Small Screen, Just the Salient Stuff (nytimes.com, via)
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To some extent, I’d agree with Russell Buckley that ”..as viewing movies on phones and other devices with small screen sizes (like iPods) takes off, isn’t the challenge for the film makers to take this into account and make versions of their art that do look and sound great in the new formats?”.
Technology is often the thing that creates the conditions necessary for the creation of art (such as the moving picture itself). But also important to consider is the more ethical question: how should we communicate culture and entertain ourselves?
Link: David Lynch on the iPhone (youtube.com)
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