tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post3088352871274123065..comments2024-03-22T14:23:37.631+00:00Comments on Hiccupps: The Process is Personal is PoliticalJames Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185262890702402757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733784724667491523.post-66843255298974709572019-05-20T09:32:02.356+01:002019-05-20T09:32:02.356+01:00I read 'The Soul of a New Machine' many ye...I read 'The Soul of a New Machine' many years ago, long before I was working with computers in any detail or joined the industry. It taught me a lot about the work that goes into developing even the smallest of features which we now take for granted - a clickable button in a GUI, for instance. It has led to my general philosophy on our modern lives and the tools we interact with daily. Almost anything you or I use has been designed and then made; anything we use has at some time been the focus of one or more people's entire working life. So to me, that means that we should not take these things for granted; we should respect the artefacts we use every day, because that implies respecting the unknown thousands of people who conceived, designed and made the things we are surrounded with.Robert Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351414198776218617noreply@blogger.com