User Experiences That Changed Where I Spend My Money   Tracking
my pizza? That's a game-changer right there!  Tracking my pizza?
That’s a game-changer right there!         Seeing The Future
Last weekend, I went to Disneyland for the first time. I totally
see why my GT advisor is obsessed with it! But, the least
impressive part of the experience for me was visiting the
Innoventions exhibit which supposedly showcases the future of
home, work, and play. Compared to the creativity of the rest of
the park, the ideas presented there were incredibly stale.
Apparently, the future is going to have videogames and digital
photo displays *YAWN.* But, being there did get me to start
reflecting on what I expected to see there. Could I design a
showcase of the future that wouldn’t get outdated and silly in a
few years’ time?  Crappy remotes and digital photo frames are
two examples of underwhelming future technologies displayed in
Innoventions.   I read a lot of science fiction, but I find that
more recent stories don’t ev