Tanuj
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weaving tools for the web, and beyond
Tanuj
How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure
youtube.comFuturism and
The web is called the web because its vitality depends on just that —an interconnected web of individual nodes breathing life into a vast network.
thecreativeindependent.com • My Website Is a Shifting House Next to a River of Knowledge. What Could Yours Be?
This is what mental models are: ideas from diverse fields that can aid your life. In this sense, improving vocabulary is a meta mental model. It’s a way of finding and organising new mental models.
Neil Kakkar • Vocabulary as a Meta Mental Model
Any characterization of technology should adequately acknowledge its inherently goal-driven nature. A simple definition is that technology is tools, processes or systems that make something easier. In other words, technology is a reusable, low-resistance path to achieve some end or goal. Thus, by materializing this path, technological creation... See more
Saffron Huang • What is Technology? — Letters to a Young Technologist
Better Computer Grants
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Another essay I've been procrastinating on: clocks and calendars are tools imposed by rulers (consider what "to rule" really means) to measure, manage and control the world. it's a way of colonizing time, which is in many ways even more insidious than colonizing space https://t.co/gbMX3PuPku
Visakan Veerasamytwitter.comTo avoid accidental presses and to make the moment more deliberate and meaningful, we went with a long press. The challenge with a long press is always discoverability—How does one know they’re supposed to hold? The answer is to provide instant feedback with an animation that builds anticipation. [...] Another choice we make to improve... See more
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • The World's Most Satisfying Checkbox
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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