![Innovation Hub artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/f7/fc/68/f7fc6803-6629-de3b-cdd7-18a25ae2b895/mza_2063572303857902554.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Waiting Really Is The Hardest Part
Innovation Hub
English - January 25, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsNews boston innovation inventions entrepreneurs business economy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Full Show: Fact In Fiction
Next Episode: Full Show: A Work In Progress
If you’ve ever been in line at the DMV, had your flight delayed, desperately needed an email reply to come NOW, or had a YouTube video buffer for more than a couple seconds, you know that waiting is awful. But what can we learn from it? According to Jason Farman, author of “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World,” the answer is quite a lot. And it touches on everything from aboriginal message sticks, to pneumatic tubes, to loading icons.