Alex Iskold of ReadWriteWeb responds to Kevin Kelly’s cover story in Wired this month in his Beware of Freecomomics post. I think he brings up some good points so it is worth the read.
But the funniest comment is in regards to Comcast’s DVR remote. He states, “Yet, the other aspect of free is quality. Anyone who owns a Comcast DVR knows that humans have never invented a worse remote control. It is just bad. Even with my masters degree in computer science, it took me a long time to master it.”
I could not agree more. The programming interface is just horrid. When we moved to the city we switched from DirecTV to Comcast. I finally setup my DVR over the holidays the user interface is just really cludgy.