I admit that I did not RTFA, but for a while I've been thinking that with the ascendancy of dumbed-down, peck-to-get-your-reward touchscreen devices... computers are returning to the domain of computing enthusiasts.
I remember taking my Atari 400 on family vacations, reading Compute magazine by the pool and learning a shitload about programming just by reading. Oh and yes, I did ride my bike and have friends and play baseball and go to the beach. Computers were just another fun thing to do. And eventually I put what I learned to use at Apple and several other big-name companies.
Today, the dominant platform (Windows) is an execrable, intolerable shitshow of anti-user arrogance and aggression and abuse. Apple's platforms are better, but I have little confidence in how long that'll last. In the end, I guess we're going back to "nerds" using real computers running Linux, and pigeons pecking at big colored buttons on touchscreens to get their reward pellets.
I remember taking my Atari 400 on family vacations, reading Compute magazine by the pool and learning a shitload about programming just by reading. Oh and yes, I did ride my bike and have friends and play baseball and go to the beach. Computers were just another fun thing to do. And eventually I put what I learned to use at Apple and several other big-name companies.
Today, the dominant platform (Windows) is an execrable, intolerable shitshow of anti-user arrogance and aggression and abuse. Apple's platforms are better, but I have little confidence in how long that'll last. In the end, I guess we're going back to "nerds" using real computers running Linux, and pigeons pecking at big colored buttons on touchscreens to get their reward pellets.