| Research | https://alexanderobenauer.com |
Alexander Obenauer
@alexobenauer
- 758 Followers
- 88 Following
- 182 Posts
Exploring the interfaces we think with & the future of personal computing.
This played out while reading the idea factory (on bell labs), in which a quote from William Whyte caught my ear:
“Believe in idle curiosity”
Searching for it (initially, to verify the original speaker) brought up some delightful blogs.
Stumbled into a fun trick:
Search for particularly favorite phrases in books you’re reading to discover blog posts from others who quoted that same phrase.
Brings lots of enjoyable - directly or tangentially related - ideas into your orbit!
A book press we were lucky enough to find in our new town, in the hands of a longtime bookbinder.
We’re restoring it now to put back into regular use!
This is just the start — we’re beginning with our own works to get an understanding of the whole process. We will move into books by other authors after a couple releases. Sign up to stay tuned for those.
Thanks for your interest, and for helping us make books this way!
Our bindery is in full production mode, and shipping orders daily. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to make these books for you. Each takes a few days, from folding and sewing to casing in and pressing.
You can preorder for our second run here: https://buddybindery.com/products/bootstrapping-computing
Some process shots below!
Friends! The first run of our book Bootstrapping Computing sold out quicker than we expected. We’re processing those orders now.
We’re teeing up a limited second run, shipping in September. Preorders are open now!
Link in reply.
More in the lab report, up for members now, along with a demo video, and the environment itself for you to try out.