BumpTop

Helping disorganized people stay that way.
This is the craziest/coolest thing I've seen in a while.

After watching this demo I couldn't help but remember the scene from Minority Report where Tom Cruise is using fiber-optic gloves to move files around on his screen.

Not having used this software, I can't decide whether I would love it or hate it. I can't help but think I'd always feel like by virtual desktop was just as messy as my real world desktop. On the other hand, it would make me feel a little more connected to the real world – what with working on a computer all day long. I could fling files around with passion and gusto! Or is this the kind of thing that just propells me deeper into a virtual reality, blurring the lines between what is organic and what is an operating system? What do you think of this?

5 thoughts on “BumpTop

  1. ok wow, i think this is incredible and so cool. however, i think i would hate it. i’d end up putting everything into ‘TIDY PILES’ and then organizing it. the thing i like about my computer desktop is that it keeps me organized. if i could, i’d rather make my real desk with unorganized papers and clutter more like my computer. which is why if you come in my office you’ll see tons of file folders plus a drawer of other folders, plus a stack of art envelopes. i don’t like loose papers anywhere.

    but this is a really really neat concept.

  2. Great, another place I can be totally disorganized! PLEEEEASE, not on the mac!!

  3. Matt, you have used my computer… I WAITED THAT LONG FOR THAT!!!

    I would never use it. There are so many COOL things that one CAN do to ones desk top…

  4. I do have one more thing to say: That $$$ ring was pretty awesome. I think I might get one for Shaun. Hmmmm, Shaun, that ring, and a paintbrush. Yum.

  5. Sember – I’m just impressed you waited that long. I agree about the $$$ ring. Shaun and the boys should have matching rings.

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