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Re: [postmodernprogramming] odious utopianisms was: Modernism exhibition at the V&A

> I'm writing this on a Mac, very much a modernist
> machine (OK, maybe that's not the best example :).

Interesting in a talk James Noble took a different perspective. He
contrasted the Kay dream of a dynabook running everything off the
Modernist Smalltalk to the reality of the PowerBook running on decidedly
post-modern Unix.
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Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:18 am

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The V&A are currently running a huge exhibition on 20th century Modernism. Here's a review and opinion from the Gruaniad: ...	Nat Pryce nat_pryce	Apr 7, 2006 10:16 am
... What a lovely phrase 'odious utopianisms'--thanks for posting [1]. I have to admit I do have a soft spot for Mondrian :-) The review definitely got my mind...	Edward Summers inkdroid	Apr 9, 2006 11:49 am
... Well now, on the one hand there's the reto-utopians: wild-eyed bearded mystics offering to their neophites a glimps of the hidden mysteries that powered...	Keith Braithwaite keithwdssg	Apr 9, 2006 6:14 pm
Isn't this the same Simon Jenkins who backed the Millenium Dome? It's true that Modernism failed in all sorts of ways, but it didn't fail totally. I'm writing...	Steve Freeman smg_freeman	Apr 9, 2006 8:22 pm
... Interesting in a talk James Noble took a different perspective. He contrasted the Kay dream of a dynabook running everything off the Modernist Smalltalk to...	Martin Fowler martinfowler	Apr 10, 2006 9:19 am
I was thinking more of the Apple approach to branding and presentation, rather than the messy internals underneath. Their view seems to be very much that...	Steve Freeman smg_freeman	Apr 10, 2006 9:29 am
Well, a lot of the "just works" experience comes from their tight control over what's inside the shiny shell. It will be interesting to see what happens to...	Keith Braithwaite keithwdssg	Apr 10, 2006 11:14 am
I'm just going to say something stupid off the top of my head. Apologies in advance. Modernism found God dead and chose to make logic into a god. And, like a...	mfeathers@... mfeathers256	Apr 10, 2006 3:41 pm

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