Comments on: Working for the computer http://blog.angrypenguin.net/working-for-the-computer/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: scott http://blog.angrypenguin.net/working-for-the-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-279 scott Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:07:03 +0000 http://blog.angrypenguin.net/?p=163#comment-279 There's a lot about computers that assume we need to know a lot to use them. The whole malware issue on windows is a nice example. People who don't know about security get infected. I've had to help some of those people get uninfected. Unfortunately, the same people who brought you the Natal demo also brought you a lot of the complexity, or at least the attitude that "that's just how computers are." I get that from PC users a lot. I don't like it. I don't accept it. And I don't care if it's a PC or a Mac that makes me work too hard, it ticks me off. BTW, cool as the Natal thing was, a lot of that is also being worked on by other people. Just ask yourself if Natal is the next Microsoft touch sensitive table, or if they'll actually ship something someday. Who knows. There’s a lot about computers that assume we need to know a lot to use them. The whole malware issue on windows is a nice example. People who don’t know about security get infected. I’ve had to help some of those people get uninfected.

Unfortunately, the same people who brought you the Natal demo also brought you a lot of the complexity, or at least the attitude that “that’s just how computers are.” I get that from PC users a lot. I don’t like it. I don’t accept it. And I don’t care if it’s a PC or a Mac that makes me work too hard, it ticks me off.

BTW, cool as the Natal thing was, a lot of that is also being worked on by other people. Just ask yourself if Natal is the next Microsoft touch sensitive table, or if they’ll actually ship something someday. Who knows.

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