Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Media Lab Europe shuts down | The Register
This news is certainly a blow to the creative sector of Dublin, and for innovative computingt in general, but not too much of a suprise. I should know, as I've seen more of the inside of it than most. There are some innovative people, doing some great things, but their focus has always been on trying to be as whacky and far out as possible, without really wanting to engage with real issues. If you could make a fun gadget, or more likely a video of it, then it was seen to be good - if you wanted to address some key interaction issues, they were less interested. And so, unsuprisingly, industrial funding dried up and the government didn't want to know any more. A sad day for creative interaction, even if expected.
This news is certainly a blow to the creative sector of Dublin, and for innovative computingt in general, but not too much of a suprise. I should know, as I've seen more of the inside of it than most. There are some innovative people, doing some great things, but their focus has always been on trying to be as whacky and far out as possible, without really wanting to engage with real issues. If you could make a fun gadget, or more likely a video of it, then it was seen to be good - if you wanted to address some key interaction issues, they were less interested. And so, unsuprisingly, industrial funding dried up and the government didn't want to know any more. A sad day for creative interaction, even if expected.
Comments:
Post a Comment
(c) 2003-2005 Russell Beale
Atom
RSS