Google's Project Glass: Non-sloppy data...

Google's recent Project Glass concept has been talked about, and parodied, quite a bit lately.  So I'm not going to hit the usual points of ugly-or-not hardware, potentially intrusive advertising or error messages, commentary on how electronic connection makes us socially disconnected or clumsy, or why these videos always star insufferable hipsters.  Instead, I want to point out one thing they did well:  resisting the temptation of sloppy data.  In too many conceptual videos, designers want to show off the futuristic displays with oodles of spinning, fading, scaling, scrolling, morphing data - visually stunning, but more info than the human brain could realistically handle at once.  Thankfully, the Google concept shows one simple thing at a time - clear, unobtrusive notifications that could actually be used without causing a headache.  It's especially important in this kind of setup, where the display is always on and always in (and on!) your face.  So, good job, Google team!  Resisting sloppy data in a concept is step one - step two, resist feature creep in the actual product...