{"id":190,"date":"2012-11-13T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190"},"modified":"2014-03-17T20:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T19:10:14","slug":"interview-on-skeuomorphism-with-the-machine-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"Interview on Skeuomorphism with The Machine Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themachinestarts.com\/read\/2012-11-how-we-started-calling-visual-metaphors-skeuomorphs-why-apple-design-debate-mess\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-191\"><img data-attachment-id=\"191\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?attachment_id=191\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4831skeuomorphism.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,345\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4831skeuomorphism\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Machine Starts &#8211; How We Started Calling Visual Metaphors \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Skeuomorphs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and Why the Debate over Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Interface Design is a Mess&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4831skeuomorphism-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4831skeuomorphism.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191 \" title=\"4831skeuomorphism\" src=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4831skeuomorphism.jpg\" alt=\"The Machine Starts\" width=\"550\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4831skeuomorphism.jpg 550w, http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4831skeuomorphism-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Machine Starts &#8211; How We Started Calling Visual Metaphors \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Skeuomorphs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and Why the Debate over Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Interface Design is a Mess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month I spoke several times with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbaraniuk.com\/\"><strong>Chris Baraniuk<\/strong><\/a> about the febrile skeuomorphosis currently smearing itself across the internet. UI designers seem particularly immunodeficient as disease vectors in this regard, and present a clear viro-semantic danger to the 99.9% of language users who are not UI designers. Chris has now published the results of his research on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themachinestarts.com\/\">The Machine Starts<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themachinestarts.com\/read\/2012-11-how-we-started-calling-visual-metaphors-skeuomorphs-why-apple-design-debate-mess\">How We Started Calling Visual Metaphors &#8216;Skeuomorphs&#8217;\u009d and Why the Debate over Apple&#8217;s Interface Design is a Mess<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-190\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-190\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-190\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month I spoke several times with Chris Baraniuk about the febrile skeuomorphosis currently smearing itself across the internet. UI designers seem particularly immunodeficient as disease vectors in this regard, and present a clear viro-semantic danger to the 99.9% of language users who are not UI designers. Chris has now published the results of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-190\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-190\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-190\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=190&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,18,73,74],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - 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