Okay… I got asked by someone in the BBC to write some stories, storylets actually – about digital technology and our lives in 2013. I’ve dashed off eight over the weekend, and had ideas for four more.
And as an outboard-thought-experiment, I’m going to publish four here; in the hope that anyone who reads them can improve on them, spin off some interesting tangents on them, or just fact-check my posterior as I wasn’t particularly rigourous or scientific about the trends or tech they build on.
So comments, or trackbacked extensions on the storylets most, most welcome.
After all, if the four storylets here end up more valuable to the BBC as a result of putting them up here, then that’s a valuable storylet in itself…
Petafloptimism 
Matt’s 2013 snapshots
Matt Jones has written has written some mini scenarios for the BBC about technology in 2013 and put four of them online. They’re nicely done, but within a disappointingly constrained brief – technology alone just isn’t that interesting.
Jones the city
Some great stuff over at Matt’s place (though his rss feed is broken I think). On Run Lola Run – a film I enjoyed too, for pretty much the same reasons as Matt (as ever) – as a piece of
Stories from the future
Matt Jones has done some typically visionary work in these stories from 2013, which are also very well written….
Future stories
Like Matt Jones, I’ve been asked to produce a few illustrations of potential futures for my work. Unlike Matt, I…
Matt Jones scenarios
Designer Matt Jones has a set of stories he’s writing for the BBC about artifacts from 2013. They’re very stimulating….
what’s new in 2013 ?
Some thought about the future, 4 stories about what could be technology in ten years. Funny, not-so-unrealistic, It makes you dream maybe ? When I read such things I keep thinking of the 50’s A.I. gurus, they promised so many…
Matt Jones scenarios
Designer Matt Jones has a set of stories he’s writing for the BBC about artifacts from 2013. They’re very stimulating….