Tanuj
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weaving tools for the web, and beyond
Tanuj
The irony here is that to be technological is to be profoundly human. Humanity controls its fate by using tools and materials to survive and to self-realize. The human species developed by gradually accumulating complex, adaptive technologies passed on through cultural transmission, giving us essential tools. Not only does human life and survival... See more
Saffron Huang • To be a Technologist is to be Human — Letters to a Young Technologist
The idea of using page numbers, like in paper books, didn’t appear right away. At first, it seemed to us that it was some kind of a relic of the past. But having spent few months working on the content of the book, we realized that it was just inconvenient for us to refer to typos or specific illustrations. People haven’t invented anything more... See more
Bureau Gorbunov • Future of the book. Manifesto of Bureau Gorbunov Publishing
WebAssembly, on the other hand, is a thin platform, for thick apps. WASM runs very low-level bytecode, and that’s about it. This gives the developer incredible power, but at a cost. You have to build nearly everything from scratch.
Subconscious • The state of the web
Knowledge Work and
I’ve been fascinated with how the Internet can be used to form beautiful ephemeral moments of connection with the most unexpected kinds of people. This doc outlines an inquiry into how we create the conditions for those moments, how to cultivate and sustainably grow the intimate tiny internets we explore that protect us from the wide, scary,... See more
Spencer Chang • tiny internets: sidewalks, geocaching, and more · tiny internets
"Knowing where an idea doesn’t fit can be just as valuable as knowing where it fits."
Neil Kakkar • Vocabulary as a Meta Mental Model
Especially on the web, we are used to a a kind of a document metaphor that, the web is just built for, which is a kind of a vertically scrolling infinite page. Infinite canvases are essentially like a different document format. This idea of that there are two dimensions, or almost three. You know, you can move left, you can move right, you can move... See more
Muse • Infinite canvases with Steve Ruiz // Metamuse podcast episode 59
“Blockchains have been around for a while,” some will say, “but so many web3 concepts are brand new!” Bullshit, I say to that. Cryptocurrency exchanges have been around for ages—the infamous Mt. Gox launched in 2010. Stablecoins and NFTs have been around since 2014. One of the first well-known DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) was... See more