The Good News About Computers

Any Fool Can Use A Computer. Many Do.

Learning To Program Has No More To Do With Designing Interactive Software Than Learning To Touch Type Has To Do With Writing Poetry

I See Professionalism As A Spreading Disease Of The Present-day World, A Sort Of Poly-oligarchy By Which Various Groups (subway Conductors, Social Workers, Bricklayers) Can Bring Things To A Halt If Their Particular Demands Are Not Met. (meanwhile, The Irrelevance Of Each Profession Increases, In Proportion To Its Increasing Rigidity.) Such Lucky Groups Demand More In Each Go-round - But Meantime, The Number Who Are Permanently Unemployed Grows And Grows.

The Problem Is Not Software 'friendliness'. It Is Conceptual Clarity. A Globe Does Not Say, 'good Morning'. It Is Simple And Clear, Not 'friendly'.

Computers Are Hierarchical. We Have A Desktop And Hierarchical Files Which Have To Mean Everything.