NORTHERN PLANNER

This article shows how the onset of high definition TV has some unforeseen consequences. The image is getting TOO GOOD, exposing beauties as not that beautiful after all, flimsy cardboard sets, hungover pallor, panstick makeup and even stage blood. 

I think that’s the really interesting bit of how technology evolves. Not only do you really know what will work for people until you try, you can never be sure if it will be used exactly how you intended. Like the way text messaging was never really intended as mass social media – the users just made it that way.