GUI

A breathtaking yet gimmick-free re-imagining of the computer user interface by R Clayton Miller, all lovingly explained in this video. It's long, but worth watching in full for a glimpse of what we can hope is our mouseless future. Fingers at the ready - all of them.

(via)

Clicks

An interesting piece of research recently posted over at blog Music Machinery, looking at evidence for the use of click tracks by drummers. They are the background electronic beats used as a guide (or perhaps, straitjacket) over which the drummer plays. Shown right is Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' - the higher the line, the slower the beat - and clear evidence of a creative human at work. Not a machine in sight.