this is not a convivial tool (or is it?).

when “tools for conviviality”

was written, tech companies like these did not exist yet; you could argue that their approach
to not make you pay money but instead pay with time & data fulfills some of the qualities a
convivial tool should fulfill, but contradicts others. for example: while you're generally
dependent on server uptime, you could usually use something like YouTube or ChatGPT 24/7 for
productive purposes (many more points to be made [electricity consumption] –> could be interesting?)






Hannah Gmeiner's bachelor project (which I was reminded of when reading the About page on simplifier.neocities.org
[love https://neocities.org/ & have wanted to use it for something for a long time as well!]) is about the complete
opposite of something like this large intangible algorithm (ChatGPT): “permacomputing as a practice for digital
graphic design” — “The intention of this work is to explore new, sustainable approaches to graphic design through
Permacomputing. Experiments demonstrate how possibilities in graphic design can be expanded to achieve environmentally
conscious results.” (permacomputing — permacultures)

instead of throwing more and more compute & electricity at the problem, she devised ways to work with less, seeing
constraints as creative opportunities (i.e. designing posters in 24x34px resolution to create a smaller file size,
rendering text via .epub files on an old kindle, …)

similarly to this low-tech approach, I really love this wiki and all the quirks that come with it.
it feels like a living organism (grass roots hierarchy), and makes me want to explore, go down rabbit holes.
(I could imagine working only with the wiki)

writing this I also realize how writing is a cool tool which probably makes me look like a tool (parentheses)
don't know what I could work on that has to do with writing / language / words though! a wooden puzzle? something with wood.

PUNS