Friday, July 25, 2008
New think
I had the opportunity to attend a meeting about Office 2007 that I anticipated as being useful but not necessarily anything more. I was pleased however that I allowed myself to close my mind's eye and my preconceptions enough to jump off the end of the conceptual diving board because I found that I quite like the new place. I'll write more about it when I have more than a moment but the gist is that the underlying xml format seems to provide hitherto unknown transparency and clarity as well as potential for ease of use as well as complexity of design, if you can believe it. At first glance it seems to restrict users and perhaps inhibit creativity but it actually expands the possibilities exponentially. It's quite exciting. More anon.
Labels: computers, reflections
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