Future interfaces often show transparent displays. They are so right, but they never take advantage of their *transparentness*! The whole extra is that you can see — and manipulate — things on the other side of the display

so satisfying to find your way to the bottom of a rabbit hole. quite cozy down here. the people that you find at the bottom are always the most interesting.

some themes we're exploring: - redefining what a school can be (community of practice, personal playspace, ecosystem…) - research lab conducting experiments for collaboration; building better squad infrastructure - small, nimble, flexible, emergent educational institutions

Proving Thales' theorem by observation with folk.computer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales%27…

VR tracks people (fingers, bodies, eyes) Tangible computing tracks objects (paper, tea cups, pens) A lot of people see tangible computing projects & ask "why do you need the IRL paper/tea cup/pen? Wouldn't it be *cleaner* in VR?" The mess of the real world Is The Point!

NYC Future of Coding July 2023 Meetup ⏰ Weds, July 12 at 5:30pm 📍Betaworks RSVP! Tell your friends! Bring your laptop & something to demo or share! lu.ma/aumr707h

"A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities." "A tool converts what we can do into what we want to do. A great tool is designed to fit both sides." worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTh…

computers are communication devices

We put two million tv-sized, touch-screen displays, hooked up to computers, into classrooms around the world and used them to… simulate chalkboards?? 😳

Finally publishing Apricot! A prototype of a structure editor for typing out user interfaces very quickly: inclouds.space/blog/apricot/

Just happily tapped my way through Fish, a subversive look at what it means to create and consume content on the internet robinsloan.com/fish/

New newsletter published today! Filled with tons of system updates & new demo programs:

Charles Chamberlain has been building tools to visualize and update vectors in Folk ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← →

Don't miss the next NYC Future of Coding event at Betaworks next Wednesday! lu.ma/cam9g0nq