But it is most interesting to see the 'smart terminal' getting re-invented by this author and others. Which really has me wondering about where those guys are now. Is there an actual "use case" for this as a product? What would a terminal designer do?
In many ways the ASUS tablets seem to be good starting points, or the Microsoft Surface. Something that is expecting to have a keyboard attached. And of course ssh and a really nice terminal program are essential. But what else? Could we 'throw' with an air-play like service our social 'situational awareness' feed up on the TV? It is kind of strange because I get this weird "deja vu" feeling about this sort of capability and what you see in the movies sometimes with a bunch of monitors (or projectors) showing aggregate data while individuals toil away at their space.
So here is the picture, you're sitting on the couch coding, you've got your twitter/g+/facebook/rss feeds bouncing around on the screen on the wall. I don't know what the market for that is. Its at least two (me and the author :-)