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  Chris ButlerVice PresidentMy job at Newfangled involves management of personnel, company resource utilization, strategic planning, marketing and writing- which means I don't actually spend much time at my desk. I love that. A year after graduating with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (FAV, '03), I began my career here as a designer and developer. Since then, I have been determined to develop the account management and resourcing departments into a well-oiled machine, which probably has something to do with my robot obsession. When not running around at Newfangled, you might find me reading, writing, drawing, thinking about the future, or just plain running around.
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It's pretty clear that the creators of Star Trek anticipated the tablet computer. The tablet of their future was referred to generically as the personal access display device, or PADD, and was interchangeable to the extreme. Some scenes even depicted starfleet officers delivering each other orders by simply handing one PADD to the other. Perhaps this had something to do with the elimination of currency in the future. No currency, no brands. Anyway...
The stark contrast between technology and nature in this image makes clear the absurdity in reading the latest tech-gadget magazine on your tablet while standing amidst real, natural beauty. Whether our dreams for such a device (whether from Apple or the like) come true this year, we already do this, don't we? We already "augment" our experience of everyday life with our constant online activities, which, once called "virtual," are now quite actual... 
