Some technology simply surprises and delights. I’ve posted about the web applications developed by 37signals before – their products give you what you need and nothing more. You never feel like you’re fighting the interface to make it work for you.
Quicksilver is another one. At first glance, Quicksilver simply lets you find applications and data on your computer or in the cloud. The search is adaptive, so Quicksilver will recognise which items you are searching for based on previous experience.
More than that, having found what you want, Quicksilver lets you choose what to do with it – email it, copy it, move it, launch it. You can send instant messages, dial a phone number, look up words in a dictionary and queue up songs in iTunes party shuffle without having to open an application and wrangle with its interface. You can resolve a simple task and get back to what you were doing without interruption.
