Some of my favorite software design principles that also influenced NENO:

1. File over app
https://stephango.com/file-over-app

2. Cold-blooded software
https://dubroy.com/blog/cold-blooded-software/

3. No modes
https://youtu.be/NGYGl_xxfXA?feature=shared&t=2287

4. Local first
https://bricolage.io/some-notes-on-local-first-development

5. Freedom to exit
https://subconscious.substack.com/p/freedom-to-exit

#software #design #localfirst #nomodes #fileoverapp #freedomtoexit

Is there a #trello alternative that supports making cards look different as they age (via a plug-in or baked in?)

See the comments by folks frustrated by 'aging cards' being deprecated in https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-articles/A-new-way-to-filter-Trello-cards-saying-goodbye-to-the-Card/ba-p/2374997#M2293

This is also a good example of where replacing a #nomodes design with something requiring multiple clicks stinks.

#kanban #gtd

Have you noticed that the term is "music theory".
Not "music fact"?

Modal harmony fascinates me. It behaves completely different than diatonic harmony. Or appears to.

#music
#musictheory
#modalharmony
#modes
#nomodes

That PDF of an interview with Larry Tesler has one of the best breakdowns around the way that innovation happens (related to the story of the mouse) imaginable.

I said, you know, “This button is going to be pushed a lot and people are going—their hands are going to tire if it’s too stiff. And the button is going to wear out.” He said, “Oh, don’t worry about it. This button is rated for 40,000 presses.” I said, “Uh… 40,000 presses—I don’t think that’s enough. How many years you think that’s going to be?” He said, “I don’t know. Several years for sure.” And so we did a little calculation on the back of a napkin and I said, you know, “Ten button presses a minute and so and so an hour, eight- hour day, you know, 3 million button presses,” or something like that.

It's got everything: Physical hardware, cutting and pasting, and Apple deciding on a single button. Starts on page 26. https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102746675

(Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Tesler)

#retrocomputing #apple #xeroxparc #nomodes