Why #values Should Drive Applications
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Photo by Sophie Dale on UnsplashIn, “Computers for Cynics”, Ted Nelson explains the difference between #technology and packaging. Technology is the application of science.Packaging is using #design to put technology together to form applications.A resistor is technology. Computer protocols such as TCP, IP, and DHCP are technology. Nelson explains that packaging puts technology into applications. Packaging is how applications look and feel.In creating applications, design matters. It is a crucial part of packaging technology.Design guides user behavior and action. It can be used to benefit or harm people.Careless design creates harmful applications. This is because these designs do not have the user in mind and are not guided by values.Why Design MattersApple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs (...)