Little did we know that the hardware limitations we complained about actually saved us from mass chaos. Now a new wave sweeps across the cubicles and onto the software scene. Dress is suit and tie, hair combed, and discipline is the name of the game. Its roots are in the industrial quality movement, and it is everything free form is not. Free form has become unsafe, untidy, and ignorant as hardware limitations disappeared and complexity skyrocketed.
Disciplined designers are prepared, methodical, and stuffy.
The two worlds do not mix. Back on the slopes another subtle but startling trend has arrived. Snowboarders bored by the ease of riding are strapping on skis. Skiers like Johnny Mosely are taking more air and stomping more radical jumps than borders. I donned a fat plank when my son picked up the sport and found a new exhilaration.