[ Thanks to D.C.
Parris for this link. ]
“What are ‘Toasterz’?
Toasterz are small appliances that make tasty toast. 🙂“The idea behind Toasterz is that information technology in all
it’s applications should strive to be as elegant and intuitive to
use as a toaster. More importantly, devices should do only what
they’re supposed to do without fuss. This fits more with how people
actually use everyday objects.“When this concept is applied to larger collections of
devices–all talking to each other–I like to think of their
collective software stack as a ‘software infrastructure…'”