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michael.kirkpatrick.me

I have over 15 years experience in the Internet space and began my career with Hasbro Interactive as the founding member of a burgeoning Internet team. Since then I've worked in financial services, legal and technology fields as a user experience maven and Internet strategist helping large companies organize and execute significant web initiatives.

Currently, I work at PARTNERS and Simons a Boston based ad agency, running the bustling digital team. I help clients think through their Internet strategies and delivers interesting and noteworthy interactive experiences using a carefully balanced mix of social media, rich internet and UI-design.



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Someday all screens will be touch screens.

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So the iPad is incredible. Why? Because it's invented new ways of interacting. Swipe, push, pull, pinch... it's all so intuitive because it borrows from how we interact with objects in the real world. So we're all in and loving this new interaction. We're also captured by this new form factor. Just light enough. Just small enough. No longer am I walking around with my laptop like a serving dish. I can hold this between two fingers or carry like a book.

The iPad has finally brought us to the tablet world but more than that it's opened our eyes to new possibilities in product design. Designers are now considering ways in which they can bring web experiences via other interesting devices with even more interesting features. The smartphone begat the iPad and the iPad will likewise be responsible for the genesis of many other interesting devices. One question: When manufacturers are pounding out screens for TVs and computer displays, aren't they asking themselves "why aren't these screens touchscreen enabled?" Someday all our screens will natively be touch screens and we will soon forget the screens that didn't let you interact with them via touch in addition to the many other conventional interactions (keyboard, remote control, etc.) Someday all screens will be touch screens.