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Carmakers like VW are bringing back buttons because drivers loathe all the touchscreens

slate.com

โ€œThese screens are presented as this avant garde, minimalist design,โ€ said Matt Farah, a car reviewer and host of The Smoking Tire, an auto-focused YouTube channel and podcast. โ€œBut really, itโ€™s the cheapest way possible of building an interior.โ€ Although they look fancy, Farah said that carmakers can purchase screens for less than $50, making them significantly less expensive than tactile controls.

Hell yes.

Computers and creativity with Molly Mielke โ€”ย Metamuse podcast #30

museapp.com

I may have more to say still about the Muse app at some point, but in the meantime, this podcast was great. And I wish I had Molly’s togetherness when I was her age!

So many gems in this.

  • Tool humility โ€”ย what you are building is one of many that a user is using
  • Computers should serve the user
  • Tool interoperability & data exchange
  • Blue sky academic ideas vs. commercial reality