—Utility and ease of use have been pursued at the expense of power and simplicity.
In Five thoughts on software, Seth Godin points out that utility and ease of use have been pursued at the expense of power and simplicity and that it is urgent that software companies create tools that increase the quality of what user's create.If the computer scientist is a toolsmith, and if our delight is to fashion power tools and amplifiers for minds, we must partner with those who will use our tools, those whose intelligences we hope to amplify.Godin lays some of the problems with software at the feet of customers who accept poor software as the norm. He requests that customers have higher aspirations for what their tools can achieve. I agree.