The Style of Technology

Grindingly Good

All this talk of coffee has me salivating and wishing it weren’t after 1pm. You see, if I were to enjoy the full bodied goodness of a good coffee right now, I would not sleep tonight. Instead, I just spent the last half hour perusing various grinders and brewing methods and wishing I [...]

Shutdown

Shutdown: Keepin’ It Real

Maximum Tech

 I don’t think the current version of this photo would be quite as impressive…

 

Image via PEPE CARDOSO’s Flickr photostream

User Input

User Input: Future Perspective

Nineties, meet Naughties; OS 9, meet OS X.

If we look back on almost any era of the 20th Century, we can see how a single major influence affected the designs of virtually everything from that era, from toasters to passenger cars. Perhaps the most obvious era is the late 1950′s to the [...]

The Style of Technology, User Input

User Input: Style or Substance?

Apparently this computer is by BMW? Huh?

There are a number of computer manufacturers out there who have made a whole lot of money by constructing computers that put the emphasis on stylish aesthetic design. In some instances, these computers are not significantly improved over any of their beige-box competitors, but offer a [...]