They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.

Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV). This drastically reduces the sort of growth some people have been expecting.

The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.

The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field.

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.

Any fool can use a computer. Many do.

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?