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<div class="date">22 Feb 2015</div>
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<p>
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After reading the Wired article, <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/02/on-the-joy-of-mastery">Why We Should Design Some Things to
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Be <i>Difficult</i> to Use</a>, I finally realize that Emacs <i>should</i> be hard
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to use, and we really should just give up changing it to be easier
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for new-comers.
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</p>
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<p>
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This quote sums up my 20 year experience with Emacs:
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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[Fujifilm took] the controls out of deep menu functions and putting
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them back on chrome knobs that just beg to be twiddled.
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</p>
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<p>
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I bought a Fujifilm X100 two years ago. It was the first piece of
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technology I’d bought in 15 years where I had to read the
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manual. Actually, I’ve read the manual at least four times. Now I’m
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taking the best pictures of my life, and I love it. By being hard to
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use, my X100 made me a better photographer.
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</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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Seems like Emacs users are now in some elite club where the hazing
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ritual amounts to learning Lisp. Consequently, I’ve decided to start
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signing all my Emacs-related correspondence with:
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>
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Yours in Emacs,
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<p>
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Howard
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</blockquote>
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