Photos from why software sucks
Photos of good things from essay #46: Why software sucks and what to do about it
These photos sources are noted when known. None of these photos were taken by the author.
Questions from the essay:
- How did they do this?
- How much time did it take them?
- What techniques did they use? How many people were involved?
- How did they engineer it to achieve the affects it has?
- What skills did they use?
- How much of the engineering is even visible when I use it?
- What makes it so good? Why can’t I stop looking at it, using it, sleeping with it, or rubbing it all over my body?
- How did it work so well that it did so much for me without me even thinking about it?
- What were they trying to do? Were they happy with the result? How do they see it?
- How would I have made something like this?
- What other creators do I know and how do they respond to this thing?
- How does the rest of the world respond to this thing? Why is their response different than mine?
(The Brooklyn bridge. If you like this you might like: Programmers, designers and the Brooklyn bridge)
(Photo from: James Clarkson Guitar)
(Pancakes, yum. Photo from tastingmenu.com)
(A pencil and eraser)
(The Jungfrau, Switzerland)
(Apple powerbook)
(A honeycomb)
(The handle of a katana)
(The game settlers of cattan)
(A scene from the film Fight Club)
(The Pantheon, Rome: from Greatbuildings.com)
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