Exactly this!

UX and UI can add a ton of value to something that most people think is too complicated to learn. The latest example is Slack that is just IRC done easier, with some small nice bells and whistles. Not every company has the skill or patience to keep an IRC-server, but slap a good UI on it and it suddenly becomes business critical.

Couldn't agree more. I thought the Thrawn trilogy was very entertaining, tied into the cannon in an excellent way and would have been great as movies. Too bad that will (probably) never happend.

The first thing you should do is get Verizon Wirelss for your laptop, then call and make sure to get the 0.02 *CENTS* / kB (not the other rate) plan, then surf away to your hearts content.