Aug
15
2004

quote of the day: thumbtastic

“In the process, reliance on the thumb to type has re-established its place in the hierarchy of the hand. ‘The thumb is the new power digit,’ said Edward Tenner, a science historian for the Smithsonian Institution who has spent time thinking about the interaction between hand and machine.”

- From a New York Times story about the growing use of text messaging in the U.S. (“All Thumbs, Without the Stigma” - 08/12/04)

Posted at 5:26 PM in quotable, technology

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