Good NYT essay on how technology is getting harder, not easier, to use as it introduces more complexity:
The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > Essay: A Design Epiphany: Keep It Simple: "Simplicity is hardly a new idea. 'Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler,' Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying. His actual wording was a tad more convoluted, but in any case, few in Silicon Valley heeded his advice. Conventional wisdom held that to sell the latest version or next generation of a product, you had to add new functions. 'That's not the only thing driving the industry,' says Walter Bender, the executive director of the Media Lab. 'But I don't think I've ever seen a piece of commercial software where the next version is simpler rather than more complex.'"
Thursday, May 20, 2004
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