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From 2010. I wonder how much of it is still relevant?

"A rocket scientist couldn't figure out Windows. That's why the Start menu was invented — based on research with chimpanzees."

A believer in psychic powers asks a skeptic this question. 10 seconds later the skeptic suggests:
"Everyone leaves the room but the blind man. He takes a picture of himself, and holds up a number of fingers (1 to 5) at random. The sighted person comes back into the room, looks at the picture and says “you were holding up X fingers”." Simple. Repeat with various different constraints and you'll have your proof. Now apply the same standards to psychic powers.

"The practical utility of open source software has become mainstream.  The time is ripe to reinforce the deeper ethos of participation, opportunity, security and choice that drove the open source movement.  "

Prop and set design, from electronic clipboards in TOS to the PADD starting in TNG, including remarks from designers Michael and Denise Okuda and Doug Drexler.

Art using Rubik’s Cubes as groups of pixels.
The artist's own site, found via the Designboom link saved previously.

In Mountain View, CA

From CGA (320x200) through QSXGA (2560x2048)

Deep dive into why it's there, whether it was supposed to be a house or a delta, and why it's in the delete code position.