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Webstock '11: John Gruber - The Gap Theory of UI Design on Vimeo

A great talk at Webstock this year by John Gruber, looking back at the history of graphical user interfaces, how UI design has changed, some of the key historical points of each of the major players in computing. Love him or hate him (or his interests), he always has great insight on the industry, current events and the future of computing in general.




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