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E-PrinceThe term “Luddite,” often aimed today at people who complain about new technology, comes from the (perhaps fictional) Ned Ludd. Ludd was said to have destroyed textile machinery to protest its negative effect on his livelihood and way of life ...(back to the article)
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Great article, Professor Kernigan! An additional irony is that the people who most need assistance that helpful devices could supply - the elderly, for example - are finding them impossible to learn to use because of feature creep and quick-and-dirty user testing. Could this be because adults are not in charge at tech companies? Just saying....
"Google Maps and its competitors are helpful if one has immediate and speedy access to the Internet on a big screen. But on the road in a car, that’s not the case..." You could pull to the side and use an iPad.