February 2010
3 posts
Apple's bet
stevenf:
[Apple’s] bet is roughly that the future of computing:
has a UI model based on direct manipulation of data objects
completely hides the filesystem from the user
favors ease of use and reduction of complexity over absolute flexibility
favors benefit to the end-user rather than the developer or other vendors
lives atop built-to-specific-purpose native applications and...
January 2010
3 posts
The orchid hypothesis →
Fascinating story in The Atlantic asks: “Do children who suffer most from bad environments also profit the most from good ones?”