Why voice is the natural endpoint of human-computer interaction, why the model layer may be disintermediated by the interaction layer, and why a neglected Gartner category may be hiding the next operating system company. “People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will …more
“The form has to follow the function. I can’t think of it any other way.” Dieter Rams – If you love Apple design, then you love Dieter Rams. You just don’t know it yet. Dieter Rams, the chief design officer at Braun from 1961 through 1995, had one simple design …more
“Mr Jobs, you’re a bright and influential man … and it’s sad and clear on several accounts that you don’t know what you’re talking about…” begins the developer at the 1997 Apple WWDC. I don’t know if he continued with Apple or not, but if he didn’t he missed one …more
“Apple Dating Game” from a 1983 Apple Event preceding the launch of the Mac: I’m awash in ’80s computing nostalgia with the addictive Halt and Catch Fire, and this video is just pure gold. Particularly notable is Gates’ projection that 50% of all Microsoft revenue will come from the Mac …more
