Auto-complete turning his name into "Rick Hockey" does actually explain what's been going on with Rich's hair over the past few years.

he also had another talk https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Design-Composition-Perfo...

and I would argue there's idea that simplicity of the instrument/tool is not a problem in itself and we shouldn't lose it in pursuit of 'ease'

Yup. This is the origin of this idea.