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| - | this is not a convivial tool (or is it?). when “tools for conviviality”{{:: | + | this is not a convivial tool (or is it?). |
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| 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? | 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? | ||
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| - | + | 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, …) | |
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| - | 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, …) | + | |
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| - | 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) | + | 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) |
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| - | writing this I also realize how writing is a cool tool which probably makes me look like a tool (parentheses) | + | ---- |
| + | 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. | don't know what I could work on that has to do with writing / language / words though! a wooden puzzle? something with wood. | ||
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