Tim Hwang

@timhwang
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co-host, "almost impossible" / author, "subprime attention crisis"
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Tim HwangDec 15, 2023
@mwichary’s book arrived! absolutely stunning
Tim HwangMay 27, 2023

🖥️ @omar and i have been talking alot about the intimate, emotional sensation associated with particular parts of the computer experience, and reclaiming this as the core of what makes a computer *a computer*

"the computer is a feeling" is the result:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QbPa3URLo5cp07bi6U-vTFjX_4btORAlwSnSRxEapsk/edit

The Computer is a Feeling

The Computer is a Feeling Tim Hwang and Omar Rizwan The computer is a feeling, not a device. By this we mean that what makes a computer a computer has nothing to do with commands, compilers, or even machines. For us, computer is the specific feeling of artifacts that allow for intimate systems...

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Tim HwangApr 27, 2023

@tf are in Wired today, talking about the TikTok ban and the retreat from the open web!

https://www.wired.com/story/the-retreat-of-the-open-web/

TikTok and the Retreat of the Open Web

The potential ban against the social media app is a troubling sign that US legislators are adopting a techno-nationalist stance all too similar to China’s.

WIRED
Tim HwangApr 14, 2023

(from the financial times)

aaaaaaaaaagh

Tim HwangApr 3, 2023
dead
Tim HwangMar 23, 2023

tonight: reading about the mechanics of this wonderful device for islamic geomancy, circa middle 13th century

https://www.labirintoermetico.com/07Geomanzia/Smith_E_S_M_Islamic_Geomancy_and_a_Thirteenth_Century_Divinatory_Device_Another%20Look_(2003).pdf