The default of any physical space is clutter, in that keeping things tidy requires persistent concerted effort. People who succeed at sustained tidiness rely on systems, habits, and routines to reduce that effort. Disposing a single delivery box, for example, is much easier when a single process is defined for all delivery boxes. Even if […]
Monthly Archives: August 2025
Those who have been following the rollout of Apple’s new Liquid Glass theme accuse Alan Dye and his team of designing user interfaces that look good in marketing materials at the expense of usability. That’s a fair criticism, but I don’t think “marketing” is the right way to frame it. In my mind, marketing interfaces […]
Seems like Microsoft is still migrating features from the old Windows Control Panel to its newer Settings app. Here’s Sean Hollister, at The Verge: But the Control Panel still can’t die. The latest features to migrate, as of today’s Technical Preview: clock settings; time servers; formatting for time, number, and currency; UTF-8 language support toggle, […]
New things tend to bring out extreme opinions and AI is no different. Some liken it to the second coming, while others damn it as the antichrist. It’s early days yet, but to me AI feels more like Web 2.0 than Web 3.0. Both were maximally hyped by press and marketing departments, but Web 3.0 […]