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There is some really good stuff here. Keep politics out of this train of thought, Microsoft … and you'll go far to help the human experience. About 14 years ag

There is some really good stuff here. Keep politics out of this train of thought, Microsoft … and you'll go far to help the human experience. About 14 years ago, I created a software company that produces software that just feels right from truths in kinesthetic learning. I target the Microsoft platform, because that was where I got my start. The way I helped to make the world a better place is very tiny droplet in the grand scheme of things. But it felt rewarding to do something. Since Microsoft is a big company, they make a lot of mistakes. This is to be expected, and a natural thing. The Microsoft platform effects millions of people who can at times get disillusioned and frustrated by the design choices made by the old Microsoft - not the new one shown here today. Those of us in this industry forget, or maybe never knew, that there are people who have to use technology for their work, for their life. They are not geeks like you and me who like to toy with technology. They are people who expect things to work and help them to be efficient, and to follow their train of thought, not ours. So, good on you Microsoft for thinking about this. This is a beautiful presentation and I would love to see the software that will come out of this. It's time for technology gate-keepers to have the skills and empathy of product designers. Programmers can make the code beautiful - they always did. Graphical designers can make it sparkle - they always did - now let's make sure the software experience is beautiful too and based on what users need, not what we need. The best software in the world feels wonderful to use, its a beautiful experience, it's an extension of what your mind saw and a tool that helped you do something.

michaelmrose 9y ago
They were/are run by bad people who did bad things this isn't acceptable and it's not to be expected except by apologists and lackeys. I don't appreciate you minimizing wrongdoing.
- pcunite 9y ago
  This is a complex feeling you've shared, and one I understand. Some persons I've communicated with are angry at Microsoft's choices. The anguish they feel is acute. It is important to note that Microsoft has been around for a long time. They employ a lot of people and many of those people have great desires to be honest, caring, and good craftsmen. It is to those people I speak, not to the soulless logo or image of a company. A company can not hear us, only the people within can. So, Microsoft is not a person, although it has a temperament, a behavior, and a way it carries itself. When it does well, I think its important to recognize that. When it does poorly, as it most certainly has, we must be honest with ourselves, and see the mirror image of the many things we done wrong too. At those times, we could destroy the energy of the brand, or encourage it to do better.
  - michaelmrose 9y ago
    This is a fluffy defense that bears only a passing resemblance to honest analysis along with a call to join hands and sing kum ba ah. When a group of people get together to make the world a worse place by being in it I make a choice never to give those people my money. I correctly suppose that people and organizations rarely change their fundamental character and reevaluating their character is quite frankly a waste of my time. I am just going to come out and say it do you work for or otherwise derive income from microsoft or a partner for same?
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michaelmrose 9y ago

They were/are run by bad people who did bad things this isn't acceptable and it's not to be expected except by apologists and lackeys. I don't appreciate you minimizing wrongdoing.

pcunite 9y ago
This is a complex feeling you've shared, and one I understand. Some persons I've communicated with are angry at Microsoft's choices. The anguish they feel is acute. It is important to note that Microsoft has been around for a long time. They employ a lot of people and many of those people have great desires to be honest, caring, and good craftsmen. It is to those people I speak, not to the soulless logo or image of a company. A company can not hear us, only the people within can. So, Microsoft is not a person, although it has a temperament, a behavior, and a way it carries itself. When it does well, I think its important to recognize that. When it does poorly, as it most certainly has, we must be honest with ourselves, and see the mirror image of the many things we done wrong too. At those times, we could destroy the energy of the brand, or encourage it to do better.
- michaelmrose 9y ago
  This is a fluffy defense that bears only a passing resemblance to honest analysis along with a call to join hands and sing kum ba ah. When a group of people get together to make the world a worse place by being in it I make a choice never to give those people my money. I correctly suppose that people and organizations rarely change their fundamental character and reevaluating their character is quite frankly a waste of my time. I am just going to come out and say it do you work for or otherwise derive income from microsoft or a partner for same?
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