The Brompton is such a sneaky good ride.
And then you fold it, bringing it into the cafe…
…nothing like espresso-fueled rides on it either
So interesting…
We grow and evolve over time. We don’t expect our tools to. Or maybe we do, but want to remain in some posture where we’ve got agency they no longer afford.
Complimentary lessons in many spaces today
Always a blessing to see hobbies turn their way into other opportunities and connections. Really wild how it happens.
Your daily fits are really a nice change of pace on the timeline
Ah snap… half wondering if it would have made more sense to zap the students their congratulatory gifts versus flat…
…half wondering. Been a while. Don’t know what they do in this space (yet)
Avanceé’s week of notable reads includes one published and a peek into the drafts of upcoming editorials… really felt good getting back into the swing of writing this week
Now this was an unexpectedly pleasurable read (cause UX, service design, etc are my daily) 👏🏾 nostr:note1sgnpr4hayw20y646tstgc4fhnz40lzngmvskm4j66l2qr229cjyszmudd3
Got to spend some time this week also firing up the Jolla Tablet and Phone; haven’t put a nostr client on either just yet. Would be interesting to see if nostr account support made it to the OS also (wasn’t there months back)
Going down a “local LLM and wearables” rabbit hole. Lots not exactly easy to find either. I might have to legit learn a whole, new space 😏
A Lab and A Future https://www.avancee.agency/2023/05/14/a-lab-and.html
What happens when these feeds can actually amplify our intelligence, not just our perceptions & perspectives?
If we lost the screen, but not the canvas, what should we be able to offer forward?
Reaching backwards to step forward https://twitter.com/brianroemmele/status/1109853516384731136
Was really tired going into the weekend. Rested yesterday (aka, doughnuts and a bike ride). Then really rested today (thanks mom) with a longer ride, cafe p-journaling moments, and some playing with my *toys*
…feeling better right now. Not “ready for the week” kind of better. Just, better.
Scribbling on what I might be able to do w/a few wearable devices in the space of #IntelligenceAugmentation… that bit is a tick more important than social feeds, to me at least. Even if all of this is connected at some level
A few reasons I can guess…
- Camera recognition IP is pricey
- Privacy bits… cause *everything* during that “try on” will be logged
- one chain can do this, but not all, making it a regulatory nightmare
There was a fit in 2017 right after CES (Consumer Electronics Show) about all of this for just makeup “smart mirrors.” And that evolved to the “WeChat is making folks lighter/smoothing out wrinkles” fervor. Which turned into a hard look at camera tech. Which turned into why Google is louder about their camera tech not being biased towards lighter skin tones…
…it’s a cascade of reasons
There’s been a few companies doing this. Some years ago, the retail side explored doing this with connected “mirrors” in stores… didn’t take off.
Amazon has/had something like this also. They bought a company that essentially did a “try the clothes on before you buy” tech. It shows up in some bits from them still (clothes, furniture, etc).
Just a few examples… apparently quite hard for companies to stay in that space for long.
Read a few things, take some notes. Read a few more things, make a few connections.
This week’s shares: https://www.avancee.agency/2023/05/12/avance-reads-for.html
Nothing like having a good view and vibe for #TodaysOffice 💻 ☕️🥮
Artificial being pushed as better than real feels like the butter vs margarine bit…
“Margarine culture”
Wonder if the lessons translate to the current “AI” fervor?