Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last two cars I drove/drive are Toyotas. No Service bays for anything other than normal service, oil change, brakes, tires, etc. They've been incredibly reliable for 250K miles between them. > > 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. > > --- 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