Computer Files Are Going Extinct

<p>Files are skeuomorphic. That&rsquo;s a fancy word that just means they&rsquo;re a digital concept that mirrors a physical item. A Word document, for example, is like a piece of paper, sitting on your desk(top). A JPEG is like a painting, and so on. They each have a little icon that looks like the physical thing they represent. A pile of paper, a picture frame, a manila folder. It&rsquo;s kind of charming really.</p> <p>One thing I like about files is there&rsquo;s a consistent way of interacting with them, no matter what&rsquo;s inside. Those things I mentioned above &mdash; copying, sorting, defragging &mdash; I can do those to any file. It could be an image, part of a game, or a list of my favorite utensils. Defragmenter doesn&rsquo;t care. It doesn&rsquo;t judge the contents.</p> <p><a href="https://onezero.medium.com/the-death-of-the-computer-file-doc-43cb028c0506"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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