1 From: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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2 Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:26:05 +0200
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4 Message-ID: <20130401192605.n2JEnD@silberbruch>
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8 To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
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9 Subject: [.plan] Zitat des Tages
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12 > Intentionally hiding the phenomena and materiality
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13 > of interfaces, smoothing over the natural edges,
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14 > seams and transitions that constitute all technical
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15 > systems, entails a loss of understanding and agency
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16 > for both designers and users of computing. Lack of
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17 > understanding leads to uncertainty and folk-theories
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18 > that hinder our ability to use technical systems,
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19 > and clouds the critique of technological developments.
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21 > As systems increasingly record our personal activity
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22 > and data, invisibility is exactly the wrong model.
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