This is a hugely important thread with many points being made that members of the technology community need to address and have a serious conversation about

Timo Arnall: No to NoUI
“The coolest thing is now to proclaim that whatever you’re selling has a "disappearing interface”, that things in your thing “just get out of the way” and let you experience the pure, unfiltered and uncluttered digital whatever. Well, there’s a few…

"Part of the problem is that we don’t really have any any politics, and perhaps we need some. We already express a philosophy that informs our dealings and our lives, but like socialism, ‘open’ is a process not a goal, it is not a defined outcome but, like ‘science’, a way of approaching the world that we believe, over time, results in better outcomes."

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The State of the Intersection: my #opentech talk by Bill Thompson

jay - really can’t stress how great this piece is. really wish i had been at the talk!