Comments on: Software is Pixels /rants/software-is-pixels/ sealed abstract class drew {} Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:51:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.15 By: Sagar /rants/software-is-pixels/comment-page-1/#comment-7571 Tue, 08 May 2012 06:59:01 +0000 /?p=1147#comment-7571 Fantastic food for thought! I really like the way you approach the issue of usability. Insightful and something to be thought about.

]]> By: Lexus /rants/software-is-pixels/comment-page-1/#comment-7400 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:57:37 +0000 /?p=1147#comment-7400 New reader here. I really like your work, thanks for writing.

]]> By: Scott /rants/software-is-pixels/comment-page-1/#comment-7389 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:23:16 +0000 /?p=1147#comment-7389 I’ve often had conversations with my brother-n-law who is a trained and practicing electrician. These conversations usually start with me saying, after the apocalypse, you at least have a skill that could be useful to the human race. Mine, not so much – I’m a software developer. I think he may think I’m trying to find a round-about way to belittle his chosen profession but really, I value his contribution to society much more than I value mine. We, software developers, are the equivalent of ghosts – it’s impossible for software developers have a _direct_ and lasting impact on the physical world.

That’s the interesting thing about where our society seems to be headed – it can be wiped out so much more easily than a society based on something rooted completely in the physical world. Yeah, it’s cool to be able to make money building the next new actuarial program but where will you be when no-one’s building the electrical infrastructure that enables you to do that job or when someone else takes that infrastructure away… food for thought.

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