Steve Jobs A Book by Walter Isaacson en.wikipedia.org You'll know it's thereThe Apple Marketing PhilosophyNot just in the detailsAn icon is a symbol equally incomprehensible in all human languagesIf it could save a person's life, would you find a way to make it faster?+31 More Traditional companies are losing because they mismanage software engineersEulogy for Steve Jobs“Design” is now “Product”
Always Already Programming An Article by Melanie Hoff gist.github.com Everyone who interacts with computers has in important ways always already been programming them. Every time you make a folder or rename a file on your computer, the actions you take through moving your mouse and clicking on buttons, translate into text-based commands or scripts which eventually translate into binary. Why are the common conceptions of what a programmer and user is so divorced from each other? The distinction between programmer and user is reinforced and maintained by a tech industry that benefits from a population rendered computationally passive. If we accept and adopt the role of less agency, we then make it harder for ourselves to come into more agency. programminginterfacestechnology