August 26, 2010

for some reason this reminds me of jeff spicoli

Erika Hall on Google Calendar's notion of working hours. "To a person on deadline, a calendar invitation is a hostile land grab. ... In fact, [working hours] is enshrining in the interface just the attitude we are trying to combat, that work is defined by meetings—or, euphemistically, 'events.' Events are what I attend outside of work."