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The cleverest system in the world is no help if nobody wants to use it.

TECHNOLOGY

A lot of building things turns out to be translation: a drawing into something a technician can read at a glance, a serial number into a history. Technical accuracy decides whether it is right. Usability decides whether anybody ever finds out.

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