Questions from Collision attendees

The Collision questions board

Where are we going?

When will we get there?

What is important to you?

Why do you bother?

Who are you?

What is interactivity anyway?

What the hell is convergence?

Will the Internet ever really become television?

Who's the person you learn most from?

What would you be doing right now if the Internet didn't exist?

What are you most worried about?

Which is better, Bewitched or The Brady Bunch?

Do you want more or less? (entertainment, media, things, information)

What's wrong with being a couch potato?

What if everyone in that chat window on my TV is a Republican?

What if the avocados I ordered from my refrigerator browser aren't ripe when I get them?

What are all these logos branded on my toast?

Why does every personalized ad I see have my mother wearing a string bikini getting me to buy a 20-in-1 screwdriver set from marthastewart.com?

Why is there no webcast of this conference?

How will the open source code movement affect what technologies and applications come into play?

Why are we attempting to apply the traditional format of TV to the new collision of new and traditional media?

Should software be fun?

What if broadband never happens?

How can I get a team of engineers to back me up without having millions?

Anybody use Linux for design work?

Why are women one audience? Aren't they many audiences?

Who cares about the medium if the content sucks?

Why do we want convergence? Is this some sort of technological autocracy?

Why, with all this brain power and technology, can we think only in terms of remotes, games, and sports? Shouldn't we be thinking about raising the standard of living for everyone and not just for those with the money to afford it?

How do designers learn to become animators and audio specialists?

When the convergent set-top box delivers content with less richness than the Internet, why pursue it?

Where is the vision? Who is the vision? What is the vision?

When do we stop working?

What digital divide? (Or, why is this stuff so white?)

To what extent do you take into account the differences between how people read on screen vs. on paper? And how is it downloadable to maintain dimension as well as legibility?

Is "graphic designer" still the right term?

Send your Collision questions, answers, and conference reviews to Program Director Alice Twemlow.