From https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whomtech/roons-the-mechanical-computer-kit
Projections on all sides of a room. From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9uVf65bNgo
Four links I'm thinking about:
The Role of the Human Brain in Programming by Steve Krouse - I am super sympathetic to all of these points and arguments. Particularly the point that working on something 'from the bottom-up' informs and changes what you're thinking about. See also Max's slide: the goal informs the work, the work informs the goal.
God is a Parasite by Jason Yuan - I disagree with most (all?) of this one which I think makes it a good counterpoint to look at. Jason also has done a lot of work that I admire, and it's clear to me he's really wrestling with this stuff. He argues what AI's we're building are not tools but minds, and that their agency should be respected. I think they are tools - namely sophisticated interpolation and autocomplete - and that treating them as things with agency has potential to lead us to bad places. Seeing signs where there are none and following it down damaging paths.
Fun to see how he thinks about this stuff - lots of notes about what would be 'cheating' and trying to sort out what the fundamental, interesting challenges are from the incidental challengs.
Niri (scrollable window manager) keeps adding features. They just released an impressive overlay mode - and one of my longtime faves: windowed fullscreen mode.
Really cool results and I also love the feeling conveyed by "complete plasticity with the raster".
Carly Ayres writing about Danger Testing
From https://carly.substack.com/p/is-it-a-product-or-a-performance
This is interesting - seems good to place next to 'homecooked meal' apps - apps as cultural artifact...
Wave forms as shapes
i3 setup and custom apps by Devine
From reddit
Screenshot of the Ink Console interface
Cool idea for an interactive story device: Ink Console
Developer Voices YouTube page
I've been really enjoying Developer Voices. Most of the topics are a level beyond my expertise, but I think they do a great job of describing the shape of the concepts with enough detail that it feels concrete.