Great thought provoking article. A general tone of "isn't this interesting" rather than "isn't this stupid", might reduce the negative reactions. It never occ

Great thought provoking article. A general tone of "isn't this interesting" rather than "isn't this stupid", might reduce the negative reactions. It never occurred to me before that the use of physical objects for software functionality may be transitory. Clearly these icons do work today (and their use is not stupid), but it's probably a matter of time that a new approach may be needed.