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Recent Tech Tweaks and Fixes
In the name of the continuing path of progress, I’m managing my “away-from-the-mainstream” tech usage with cheery abandon and aplomb. Here are some recent changes for your delectation.
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Morning notes: Tea stir breathing
Inventing morning routines. Tea stir breathing: When making your cup of tea , place the cup so that the tea’s surface is half in sun, half in shade. Stir the teabag, remove the spoon, and enjoy the teabag circling within the cup…
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Goodbye old ‘phones
I bought these Philips SHB9001 headphones in June 2011, back when Bluetooth earsets were more associated with people in suits taking loud phone calls. These were the only “budget” option (around the £85 mark), and I have semi-fond memories of walking to work with them on, while we were on-the-road with a baby, waiting for…
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Playdate Review: Funny Racer
I wasn’t intrigued by Funny Racer on the Playdate as much I was unavoidably intertwined with it. Tiny cars. Twisty tracks. Let’s race.
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Playdate Review: The Keyper
The Keyper by Cool Lemon ClubYear: 2023Platforms: Playdate (Catalog, itch.io) Did you ever spend a merry hour or two as a kid drawing long, looping mazes out on paper? Wriggling worm-like labyrinths that barely forked, but hypnotised you with their never-ending curves that seemed to go on forever? The Keyper on Playdate took me back…
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Empty Tech Experiments: Alt Android Accounts
And in some way, designing in friction like this feels like a necessary part of slower, more deliberate technology use. It’s a kickback against the smooth sheen of convenience that normally lures us in.