I'm Building a Hallway Display for My Parents — It Costs Less to Run Than the Light Bulb Above It
When my dad’s phone became unusable, the answer everyone gives you is a tablet. Big screen, big buttons, simple. And it works. But here’s what a tablet actually is, mounted on a hallway wall: A rectangle of light that pulls your eye whether you want it to or not A wallpaper nobody chose, glowing in a dark hallway at 11pm Something that buzzes when a stranger sends a WhatsApp Something that needs charging, and doesn’t work when it isn’t €150 and a sheet of glass that breaks And — this is the actual problem — an interactive device, for a person whose problem is that interactive devices got hard None of those are why tablets fail. Tablets fail because of what they are: a second computer, asking for attention. ...