Recently I wrote an article on Flow and musical instrument design, arguing that too many electronic musical instruments disrupt creative flow because their interfaces are poor and they emphasize features instead of user experience. It came out of … [Continue reading] about I Want Less And I’m Willing To Pay For It
Bungee Jumping With Technology
"When we try a new technology, the technology changes us. This pattern apparently goes back to the invention of agriculture, which led us to start living in cities (to store & trade crops), to invent writing (for tracking transactions) and... become … [Continue reading] about Bungee Jumping With Technology
How We Went From Nowhere To Track Of The Day On Garageband.com
"Last week, as an experiment, I uploaded to garageband.com a song by an independent country artist whose CD I produced. Given that there are thousands of artists on the site, I assumed that not much was likely to happen, but I was interested in … [Continue reading] about How We Went From Nowhere To Track Of The Day On Garageband.com