For those of us who
remember the past, or when we had teeth, to learn about the latest good stuff
you had merely to turn on Captain Kangaroo in the morning. Mr. Greenjeans was the family farmer who would
daily bring warm and fuzzy creatures that we would want to adopt for some coin,
an idea that was later replicated by the web app ‘Farmville’ and virtual bunnies, which can be purchased for some coin.
When bunnies were a ‘Best Buy’
Back then, you could feel and
touch the bunnies close up before you made your buying decision, and the knowledgeable
farmer was right there to answer any of your questions. Of course, now we have smart phone apps that
can read the bar code on the bunnies, and allow you to find an identical bunny
at the factory farm for far less money and a better bunny warranty. Naturally, this
puts the family farmer out of business, and leaves your progeny wondering what
bunnies are actually like. However, at least we have bunny user reviews.
Looking and feeling is a user
experience that no amount of user reviews can replace. When shopping moves to the web and our brick
and mortar stores close, we are losing something priceless. Presently, pricing apps promote judgment by hearsay rather
than experience. So, we will miss our experience with cuddly bunnies, laptops,
wide screen displays, hard bound books, and much more of what used to be called
a shopping experience. And our bunnies, like everything else, will live
somewhere disembodied in the cloud.
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