A Linux distro (the most amazing one): an engine; a component. A computer: a car, an experience. A mobile phone: a car, an experience.
-
-
-
An experience = hardware + software + services + brand. If you work on free/open source, please watch this: https://ind.ie/ux-talk/
-
Access to the seams is crucial for freedom. Yet, to make convenient everyday things, we must provide beautiful defaults & *layer the seams*.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@aral Surely the car analogy fits routers, smartwatches, NAS and products using Linux under the hood. -
@adamauckland Yes… and the Linux smart watches are competing with Apple Watch. Which has more control over the experience?
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@aral "The Year of Linux Desktop" ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@aral@comzeradd building great experiences is fundamentally at odds with the bazaar modelThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@aral Or maybe Linux distros are cars, but they’re Yugos and Trabants. -
@invalidname@aral SUSE and Ubuntu are trying to be an end-user desktop OS with good design. They just suck at it.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@aral Problem is that people working on those things consider THEIR thing to be the most important, and rarely consider big picture.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.