In a funny way, the Mac played the same role for me that “Catcher in the Rye” or “Easy Rider” played for earlier generations: Experiencing it expanded my consciousness in ways that took me years to fully understand. Almost all my engagements with the technology world since then—the books I’ve written and the websites I’ve created—have been animated by the basic principle that digital machines work better when they are crafted and interpreted by people whose sensibility is shaped by the world of culture as much as that of technology.
—Marrying Tech and Art