alexobenauer's profile picture. I explore the interfaces with which we think & the future of personal computing. I also make books.

Alexander Obenauer

@alexobenauer

I explore the interfaces with which we think & the future of personal computing. I also make books.

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I have two things to share with you today. First, we're starting a publishing company. Second, I wrote a book about computing, which you can preorder starting today!

alexobenauer's tweet image. I have two things to share with you today.

First, we're starting a publishing company.

Second, I wrote a book about computing, which you can preorder starting today!

In general, tech is not biased the way art is. A tool that amplifies human capability amplifies all of it — the good and the bad. Live Photos are an exception, and a wonderful one at that.

There are a sophisticated set of enabling technologies, but the feature’s goal was incredibly simple: to capture the vitality of the world around us. The Live Photo patent has a picture of my daughter as a toddler spinning in a dress in front of our house. As with a Live Photo,…

johnnie's tweet image. There are a sophisticated set of enabling technologies, but the feature’s goal was incredibly simple: to capture the vitality of the world around us. The Live Photo patent has a picture of my daughter as a toddler spinning in a dress in front of our house. As with a Live Photo,…


If you have access to a dark sky, tonight’s a great night to spend outside! Orionid meteor shower, and Comet Lemmon, all under a new moon.


Part two, hitting the 'net this week; On the moral imperative for composable systems & malleable software.

alexobenauer's tweet image. Part two, hitting the 'net this week;

On the moral imperative for composable systems & malleable software.

"The concepts in modern operating systems — apps, windows, desktops, notifications, and so on — have so permeated our understanding of personal computing that it’s hard to imagine anything else, let alone believe there could be anything better." New essay, link in reply.

alexobenauer's tweet image. "The concepts in modern operating systems — apps, windows, desktops, notifications, and so on — have so permeated our understanding of personal computing that it’s hard to imagine anything else, let alone believe there could be anything better."

New essay, link in reply.


If you aren’t following along with @pete_millspaugh’s deep dive on domains, you should! He’s bringing to the fore lots of interesting aspects of the internet that are critical pieces for this wonderful, decentralized machine that I’d never known or considered before.

Can't spell Anguilla without AI (it's the A-island) dotcom.press/archive/anguil…

pete_millspaugh's tweet image. Can't spell Anguilla without AI (it's the A-island)
dotcom.press/archive/anguil…


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Speaking of the .ai hurricane risk (now mitigated)...a volcano took down the Internet in Tonga for 38 days in 2022, but .to domains (used by @every for example) were safe because TLD nameservers are in California (picture from @alexobenauer's book!)

pete_millspaugh's tweet image. Speaking of the .ai hurricane risk (now mitigated)...a volcano took down the Internet in Tonga for 38 days in 2022, but .to domains (used by @every for example) were safe because TLD nameservers are in California

(picture from @alexobenauer's book!)

Can't spell Anguilla without AI (it's the A-island) dotcom.press/archive/anguil…

pete_millspaugh's tweet image. Can't spell Anguilla without AI (it's the A-island)
dotcom.press/archive/anguil…


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