>At the end of this year I’m thinking about **the need for proper criticism of software,** alongside other arts like theater, movies, music, books, travel, food and architecture. **It’s finally time to stop being all gee whiz about this stuff.** Tech is woven into the fabric of our culture, as much as or more so than the other arts. And it’s headed toward being even more interwoven…
>The goal would be to **move away from the lone inventor myth** and see tech projects as more like film production or a even more apt, a TV series. **Software is a process.**
— Dave Winer, [We need to improve tech criticism. Here’s how.](http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/12/dave-winer-we-need-to-improve-tech-criticism-heres-how/)
>At the end of this year I’m thinking about **the need for proper criticism of software,** alongside other arts like theater, movies, music, books, travel, food and architecture. **It’s finally time to stop being all gee whiz about this stuff.** Tech is woven into the fabric of our culture, as much as or more so than the other arts. And it’s headed toward being even more interwoven…
>The goal would be to **move away from the lone inventor myth** and see tech projects as more like film production or a even more apt, a TV series. **Software is a process.**
— Dave Winer, [We need to improve tech criticism. Here’s how.](http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/12/dave-winer-we-need-to-improve-tech-criticism-heres-how/)