Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>It's the digital revolution that gone haywire. I think >computer applications while greatly advance our >control over complicated variables, also gives us the >technological abuse of the 21st century. >The modern automobile is another example of such >evolution by offering us tons of features, but the >irony is that we spend more time visiting the service >bays and the likelyhood of even the so-call experts in >fixing it is a chancy business. What begins as >machines to serve me, is turning us all into slaves in >serving IT endlessly. T'aint necessarily a contemporary dilemma. Thoreau wrote (way back when): Men have become the tools of their tools. And you know he was one smart cookie. And y'all are clammering for electronic M7! Get thee behind me Satan (or is Satin [as in: Satin Chrome Finish!]?). Guy >--- Tristan Tom <tristan@tristantom.com> wrote: >> >> >> "The trouble begins with a design philosophy that >> equates "more options" >> with "greater freedom." Designers struggle endlessly >> with a problem that is >> almost nonexistent for users: "How do we pack the >> maximum number of options >> into the minimum space and price?" In my experience, >> the instruments and >> tools that endure (because they are loved by their >> users) have limited >> options. " >> >> >> from a Wired article by Brian Eno, a very >> interesting read at: >> >> >> ><http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.01/eno_pr.html> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tristan Tom | http://tristantom.com/ >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games >http://sports.yahoo.com >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html