Are GUIs Anti-Social?

Does accessibility put up it's own kind of wall? Andrea and Ray discuss how GUIs are arguably more AND less "social" than alternatives such as textual interfaces like scripting.

LINKS

• CoRecursive Episode "Navigating Corporate Giants" - Jeffrey Snover and the Making of PowerShell
• PowerShell
• Bret Victor
• Bret Victor talk: Inventing on Principle
• HyperCard
• Archaic Windows version saves the day during CrowdStrike outage
• "Expect it most when you expect it least" - Lorin Hochstein on CroudStrike Outage

Errata: The rumor of South West airlines using Windows 3.1 is likely an exaggeration, see the link above for up-to-date reporting.

HOSTS

• Andrea Goulet LinkedIn | andreagoulet.com
• Ray Myers LinkedIn | Mender.AI

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