Tanuj

I developed the idea of a “workbench note.” The idea was to have a temporary staging space for collecting ideas that I could then remix and add to.

It’s tempting to think ‘So what?’ and dismiss these details as incidental or specific to stair carpentry. And they are specific to stair carpentry; that’s what makes them details. But the existence of a surprising number of meaningful details is not specific to stairs. Surprising detail is a near universal property of getting up close and personal... See more

The best interface to my brain is a relationship. That's how merging feels like. That's how I envision it.

SpaceTop is a design and technology solution to fuse 2D and direct 3D interactions in a single desktop workspace. Users can reach inside the screen, and type, click, draw in 2D, and directly manipulate interfaces that float in the 3D space above the keyboard. With SpaceTop’s unique interaction visualization techniques, users can transition between... See more

“Science concerns itself with what is, whereas technology concerns itself with what is to be”

Most books are not half great and half horrible. And you should look at a few different parts of the book. But especially these days an author should be able to signal by putting some good stuff up front. Because people are less patient than they used to be. A nineteenth century book you need to give it more time, it may not get good until chapter... See more

People don’t read enough, and I think as a society we’re under-investing in reading. People feel compelled to finish books they’ve started – that’s just a tax on your reading. Why would you do that to yourself? Imagine a world where any restaurant you tried you had to keep on going there for days or weeks, you’d hardly ever go out to eat.