I need to talk to you about computers – Steven Frank

"In the Old World, computers are general purpose, do-it-all machines. They can do hundreds of thousands of different things, sometimes all at the same time." "In the New World, computers are task-centric. We are reading email, browsing the web, playing a game, but not all at once." Link to Source

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The Apple IIc’s illustrated explanation of on-screen scrolling

Genius! mikehudack: stewf: The Apple IIc’s illustrated explanation of on-screen scrolling. (via Ben Pieratt) It was 1984. The concept was new to most users. Right good that is. [via vancam]

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Why everything on a PC is so complicated?

I started working as an intern for a creative agency lately. It’s great and I love the experience. I have only one problem – I’m working on a PC again. I didn’t miss it. For instance, the simplest thing: adding another keyboard language to the OS. I have the permissions to do it, but Hebrew [...]

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