The Dangers of Digital Whiteboards: A WIRED Warning
Originally Published 2 years ago — by WIRED
The rise of digital whiteboards, inspired by design thinking and marketed for visual collaboration, has led to an overreliance on sticky notes as a means of conveying and processing information. While these boards offer useful features for spatial tasks, such as arranging images or making diagrams, the majority of their users spend their time writing on virtual sticky notes. This has transformed Post-it collages into fully fledged documents, with countless templates available for creating written records. However, critics argue that this focus on fragmented ideas and the aesthetic of innovation can hinder true problem-solving and result in a lack of tangible solutions.