MacBook Air

David Pogue posted a follow-up review of the MacBook Air, and while I find his points interesting, what stood out most was this statement:

"It's the same lesson I learned when I reviewed the Flip "camcorder" a couple weeks ago: if you change the shape and concept of something enough, it ceases to be that thing. It becomes a new thing, or a descendant of that earlier thing. But it's no longer the original thing, and you can't judge it on the same yardstick."

I've been thinking a lot about the power of design, how we can make a website something other than another "thing" if we design well (the definition of well has yet to be determined). It's about elevating a user's experience through design - making the experience of the user something else, something more.

via Signal vs. Noise