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If you're on your phone before bed, you're in a state of hypnosis. You're being told how to think. [..] We read books before bed to prime our brains for better sleep. As our brain transforms words into images, we approach a state of meditation.
Read Before Bed
Tom Sachs
Folk interfaces are when users reappropriate existing software to solve their own problems. Rather than using applications in the ways designers and developers intended, they creatively reconfigure them to do unexpected things.
Folk Interfaces
Maggie Appleton
In fast evolving fields it’s always all about sociology, not canon or pedagogy. Meaning in new fields is created in community (constructionism).
You need to plug into the community and overhear what people are talking about (HN is such a community). You’ll also get a sense of the linguistic subculture (acronyms, lingo etc) much like you learn to talk hip hop if you’re into the hip hop subculture. Much of it will be noise but overall you’ll get a sense of what the community cares about, which helps you narrow what you need to focus on.
In Fast Evolving Fields It’s Always All About Sociology, Not Canon or Pedagogy. Meaning in New Fields Is Created in Community (Constructionism).
ycombinator.com
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