When technology should disappear
Mark Weiser, the late chief technologist at Xerox PARC, wrote something in 1991 that has haunted me ever since I first encountered it: “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.” He was not speaking metaphorically. He meant it as a design imperative, a north star for anyone building tools meant to serve human beings rather than demand their worship. ...