If all that you have is a hammer, everything looks like a browser.
Quotes: "The concept [digital dashboards] is compelling: We all feel, intuitively, as though we're overwhelmed by an inflow of information, notifications, requests, solicitations. We're involved in online conversations, transactions, and workflows. We need to stay on top of things: if only it could all be aggregated in one place, life would be better.
Only one problem, with all due respect: Unless you do very little work online, the concept of weaving all of your activity into a single web page couldn't be more misguided - from an efficiency and effectiveness standpoint...history has shown that most every attempt to combine different modes of interaction into a single interface has failed."
Comment: Ray Ozzie continues his not-so-subtle promotion of Groove-like technologies as the future of interaction. He does make a very valid point: "In an era where we do more and more and more of our communications and work with others online, we need tools that help us to get that work done faster and more effectively. That means creative, innovative software, hardware, and systems. That means leveraging the power of technology with effective human and inter-human interface as the #1 goal."