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#OnThisDay in 1972: Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 18, 2013

Of course when skeuomorphism gets in the way of functionality or takes precedence in an app, then it is bothersome. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 17, 2013

As long as the desired functionality is there, skeuomorphism doesn’t really bother me. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 17, 2013

I’m not sure why some of my fellow technologists get so much in a tizzy about skeuomorphic UI designs. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 17, 2013

Mashable ➡ #OnThisDay in 2006: The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 16, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1978: The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois). #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 16, 2013

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 16, 2013

Great balls of fire! ➡ RT @BreakingNews: Bright fireball reported in skies over San Francisco Bay Area - @nbcbayarea, @abc7newsBayArea #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 16, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1849: In NYC, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 14, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1924: The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) February 14, 2013