And many apps use skeuomorphic design-our calculator apps are calculator-shaped our digital watches have minute and hour hands-perhaps all of this is done in the hopes that we won’t notice just how quickly everything is changing.įor most of my life, I took notes in the margins of whatever book I happened to be reading. Casino slot machines, for instance, no longer need a pullable arm, but most still have one.
Even now, the Notes App has a slightly textured background that mimics paper, an example of what’s called skeuomorphic design, where a derivative object-say, an app-retains now-obsolete elements of the original object’s design. Back then, the app’s default font looked vaguely handwriting-y, and had a yellow background with horizontal lines between each row of text, an attempt to call to mind the ubiquitous yellow legal pads used for note-taking. My name’s John Green, and today I’ll be reviewing the Notes app for iPhones, and the strange phenomenon of sports rivalries.īut let’s begin with the Notes App, which debuted with the first iPhone in 2007. Hello and welcome to The Anthropocene Reviewed, a podcast where we review different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale.
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