There was a renewed flurry of thinking and observing about the relationship between theory and DH, especially around the "less yack/more hack" approach to THATCamps. I'd like to pick up a bit on the comment that I left on "When DH Was In Vogue; or, THATCamp Theory" , and respond a little to Jean Bauer's "Who You Calling Untheoretical?".
"Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world. To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy."
-- Alan Kay, "Computer Software", Scientific American, September 1984