Admittedly I haven't read this article, but the title reminds me of staltz's excellent conceptualization of interactive interfaces: The user sees screens and g

Admittedly I haven't read this article, but the title reminds me of staltz's excellent conceptualization of interactive interfaces: The user sees screens and generates events. The computer sees events and generates screens. It's a mutually observing cycle (hence the name of his framework, Cycle.js).