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2013 was the year of the Glasshole — the year that technology made one of its most violent entries into our personal lives at bars, restaurants, workplaces, and homes....

... According to Pew , 80 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 post photos online, and that percentage is increasing across all age groups. Across Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Facebook alone, we post 1.5 billion photos per day. We are all Glassholes, only to varying degrees, and we’re all still figuring out what a future looks like where we can document anything — a sound, a sight, a 360-degree-panorama — in less than 10 seconds.In this new world of hyper-documentation we’ll have to figure out what feels right and what doesn’t — new etiquettes and customs and mores.

These new norms will focus on utility and also social acceptance. Glass’s whole selling point was "keeping you in the moment," but the gadget is so new and unfamiliar that wearing it, ironically, might actively eject you from the moment (or from a bar).

But someday, Glass (in some form or another) will likely achieve its goal. There’s no denying that shooting a concert on Glass is less obtrusive  than holding up your phone...

Via Jeff Domansky

It is a super exciting time for wearable entrepreneurs! The early generation of wearables has offered a promising step towards what could be achieved over time with the new generation of wearable products.

The wearable industry is still in its infancy. Although wearable makers have spent significant effort to marry hardware and software technologies and build cool products, there is still a lot to be discovered, learned, and applied in this industry.

As a wearable maker, there are six elements to consider and successfully navigate in order to build a winning product that will be adopted by the majority of the population:...

Via Jeff Domansky