You know what are really big right now? Dashboards. Everybody has them. Nah, I am not talking about car dashboards; I am talking about information dashboards. The iPhone has them, corporations have them, Google has them, Twitter has them; it's like this generation's table of contents. A table of contents is a thing of the past. By the time you look at the table of contents, then check out the information - the information is old. Dashboards are supposed to provide "real time" information. Real time information is why print newspapers and magazines are struggling. By the time you purchase them, it is old news already.
I am no Dashboardaphile. I sometimes find them overwhelming, in a too "busy" kind of way. CNN recently changed their website to a more "dashboard" style, and I really haven't liked it. Sometimes I still prefer the old-fashioned top-down style of print news. Well, maybe it is more related to the generation I am from. Speaking of generations, this car commercial is before even my generation. Check out this dashboard:
I am no Dashboardaphile. I sometimes find them overwhelming, in a too "busy" kind of way. CNN recently changed their website to a more "dashboard" style, and I really haven't liked it. Sometimes I still prefer the old-fashioned top-down style of print news. Well, maybe it is more related to the generation I am from. Speaking of generations, this car commercial is before even my generation. Check out this dashboard:
