Device as Sculpture

Jony Ive's design aesthetic is fundamentally sculptural, not ergonomic: he makes objects to be beheld, not to be held. Following the passing of Steve Jobs in 2011, there really wasn't anyone at the company to rein him in.

The Beginning of the End of "Apps"

When Siri can replace much of an app's interface, and do so for the multiple apps a user may need to complete a complex task, it raises the question of whether we even need "apps" at all.

The Economics of Productivity Software

I am archiving older pieces I have written on other sites, making this the definitive home for all my work. Enjoy! Since being terminated in May [https://oluseyi.info/leap-of-faith/], I have founded my own independent software vendor business and begun work on a productivity application targeted at artists, and

It's official: I'll be buying a Mac

I am archiving older pieces I have written on other sites, making this the definitive home for all my work. This is one of several I am porting over from my GameDev.Net user journal. Enjoy! I've long contemplated satisfying my technolust and industrial design envy and plunking down the