Persuasive games? “Every coin you pump into the bank is translated into gold, which can be used to buy weapons, items and armour for your character.”

“A collection of interesting ideas curated by Joanne McNeil and Jerry Brito.” Via Ballardian (http://ballardian.com)

“We saved our pocket money and bought a Forth-based dev environment called White Lightning. The manual was printed on dark green paper – we worked out why when we tried photocopying it so we could both read it at the same time…”

“Escaping interfaces.” Similar to what happened with Lee Iacocca’s Interlock – http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/simple-control-in-products/#interlock

“We need an anti-curfew that fills our streets with the vast mass of well-behaved and well-intentioned people, rather than just the marginalised few that have no private space to which to retreat.”

Mark Hurst. Some very interesting readers’ comments too.

An old-but-good, well-reasoned rant from Mark Hurst: “It’s like opening a four-star restaurant, where everything is excellent – the service, the food, the decor, the live music, everything – and then putting moldy bread on the tables for customers.”

“Before the clock, time was not something measurable, but felt, and the invention of the clock changed the way society thought about time.”