article_snippet: Say... a circular one?
article_snippet: A circular frame, after all, is no good for browsing a Twitter feed.
article_snippet: If today's interactive rectangles and infinite feeds signal that there's always more stuff just outside the frame, circles could offer something more self-contained, more complete.
article_snippet: A circular device would sever the link to the printed page, the TV and the computer, and invite developers to look elsewhere for metaphor and inspiration.
article_snippet: Android Wear, Google's smartwatch operating system, reconsiders what apps should look like on a tiny circular display.
article_snippet: Apple Watch is in some ways another rectangle, but Apple Watch real estate is limited enough that Apple Watch will also encourage new, less rectangular thinking.
article_snippet: (Note how Apple Watch home screen ditches iPhone's grid of icons for a blob of circular ones.
article_snippet: Also note the recent rise of circular avatars over the traditional square ones in apps and interfaces of all kinds).