✨new video✨
Check it out for the thinking behind the device I'm making, which puts the most useful features of my phone into a tiny hardware digital sidekick!
It's on Youtube, but putting the entire thing here too!
I made a pocket AI to cure my phone addiction:
We gave 4yo an iPad and set it up to offer her three affordances:
1. Take pictures
2. Type in notes
3. Text with a handful of people (family, a couple of family friends)
The last one is the big hit. And it is *amazing*. It is immensely developmentally valuable. Why? Well…
In public, smartphones plunge us into private worlds, limiting our connection to our surroundings. In private, smartphones invite the public world in, limiting our connection to ourselves.