Calm Tech

Screw you, Computer: get on my terms, in my environment, and you respect me and my biology and what matters to me. Don’t subjugate me by putting a face-hugger on my face. So anyways, I got some ranting at this point.

Why @obsdmd is 100% user-supported and not backed by VC investors: 1. We want to stay small, we don't need to hire lots of people 2. We follow strict principles that we do not want compromise 3. Our users are happy to support us, we don't need VC money Obsidian will not exist… Show more

What does it tell us about progress if the most influential technological innovation of the century is clearly destroying lives on a massive scale?

We don't necessarily need to constantly interact with people “around” us on the web. The sensation of being in the quiet companionship of someone else, like reading next to them in a cafe, is what we're missing. The sense of ambiently sharing space – of being co-present – while engaged in other activities is a staple of shared public spaces that we

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Dolly Parton on why she’s only reachable through fax and doesn’t text: “I’m a low-tech girl in a high-tech world. I don’t want to talk to everybody that wants to talk to me. I don’t text because I don’t want to have to answer.”