Following up on my previous post about the name "Techneos"...
My colleague and co-founder, John Weisberg, recently stumbled upon a great blog post that discussed the origin of the term "techné".
The following line really struck me, and reminded me of the importance of elegance in software design:
Now understood as mere skill belonging to craft. techné has unfortunately lost its original meaning which integrated beauty, art, expertise, technical knowledge, skill and industry.
Starting with the iPhone, and followed by some beautiful models from Palm, Research in Motion, Samsung and others, we have come to equate modern mobile phones with the original definition of "techné".
I'm still wondering if the Palm "Eos" will carry that name if/when it is released later this year. I hope so, because we can have a lot of fun with that!!
My colleague and co-founder, John Weisberg, recently stumbled upon a great blog post that discussed the origin of the term "techné".
The following line really struck me, and reminded me of the importance of elegance in software design:
Now understood as mere skill belonging to craft. techné has unfortunately lost its original meaning which integrated beauty, art, expertise, technical knowledge, skill and industry.
Starting with the iPhone, and followed by some beautiful models from Palm, Research in Motion, Samsung and others, we have come to equate modern mobile phones with the original definition of "techné".
I'm still wondering if the Palm "Eos" will carry that name if/when it is released later this year. I hope so, because we can have a lot of fun with that!!
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