Trying New Things

I know adults and children born without hands who have incredible abilities. But there are some things that aren’t easy to use – like cameras. So when I had a chance to purchase Google Glass for work, I knew I would want to look at ways to use it as a professional and as an advocate.

I’m a little more than 48 hours into ownership and I think I’ve spent more time sharing the glasses with friends and strangers so they can see what wearing them is like than taking time to really investigate how it works. So here are a few of my first reactions about Google Glass and special needs.

Jen’s initial Google Glass takeaways:

1. Jordan loves the experience and loves taking pictures and videos everywhere. We are working on helping her understand that she doesn’t own it so she can’t just grab it and use it a her whim. I went through the files and found this incredibly funny photo of her in a bathroom mirror.

2. The voice activation on Google Glass is pretty handy. You can ask the glasses to search the web, send messages, take pictures and video and even read your email messages out to you without touching a thing. People with limited use or with no hands at all may find this as an excellent way to interact with the social web.

3. It is incredibly fun to share Google Glass with people who have never used it before. It’s even more fun when you take pictures of those people using Google Glass for the first time. I had a collection of wait staff at a restaurant try it out. It was super fun watching their first reactions.

4. There are many more things I need to do to make a full assessment of Google Glasses. But so far, I think it’s a fun technology with a lot of potential.

5. Also… This video. Jordan is TOO funny when she’s running around with Google Glass.