Comments for PDQMac http://www.pdqmac.com Productivity is never an accident Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Chopsticks & The Mouse by Mike Shields http://www.pdqmac.com/archives/311/comment-page-1#comment-20 Mike Shields Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:35:55 +0000 http://www.pdqmac.com/?p=311#comment-20 Intellectually, I knew that. So, the new rule is to not post blog comments after having stayed up 23 hours straight.... I agree with the rest of your reply. Intellectually, I knew that. So, the new rule is to not post blog comments after having stayed up 23 hours straight….

I agree with the rest of your reply.

]]> Comment on Chopsticks & The Mouse by admin http://www.pdqmac.com/archives/311/comment-page-1#comment-19 admin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:03:34 +0000 http://www.pdqmac.com/?p=311#comment-19 No Steve Jobs did not invent the mouse. It was invented at Xerox PARC before Apple was founded. As regards the productivity of the mouse, it is not unproductive per se, it is unproductive if used when the keyboard is much faster. In many graphical applications the keyboard is out of its depth and it is the mouse that delivers the productivity. As regards 'what that says', as far as the evolution of productivity on the computer is concerned, it often demands counter intuitive leaps to come up with improvements. Steve Jobs has been responsible for, or when not responsible, at least complicit in many Interface innovations. Some of them have been excellent contributions and some have not. The Mac offers the best User Interface primarily because Steve Jobs has been better at this than his competitors. No Steve Jobs did not invent the mouse. It was invented at Xerox PARC before Apple was founded. As regards the productivity of the mouse, it is not unproductive per se, it is unproductive if used when the keyboard is much faster.
In many graphical applications the keyboard is out of its depth and it is the mouse that delivers the productivity.
As regards ‘what that says’, as far as the evolution of productivity on the computer is concerned, it often demands counter intuitive leaps to come up with improvements. Steve Jobs has been responsible for, or when not responsible, at least complicit in many Interface innovations. Some of them have been excellent contributions and some have not.
The Mac offers the best User Interface primarily because Steve Jobs has been better at this than his competitors.

]]> Comment on Chopsticks & The Mouse by Mike Shields http://www.pdqmac.com/archives/311/comment-page-1#comment-18 Mike Shields Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:31:21 +0000 http://www.pdqmac.com/?p=311#comment-18 Ok, stop me if you've heard this, however, didn't he invent the mouse? Are we to understand that he came up with the least productive method for using our computer? What does this say about current technologies? Specifically ones that he's invented? Ok, stop me if you’ve heard this, however, didn’t he invent the mouse? Are we to understand that he came up with the least productive method for using our computer? What does this say about current technologies? Specifically ones that he’s invented?

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