{"ancestors":[{"id":"111923579251548822","created_at":"2024-02-13T09:58:06.920Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/111923579251548822","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/111923579251548822","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":5,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eEd Zitron\u0026#39;s Vision Pro review bounces between utter disdain and reluctant wonder. It\u0026#39;s both candid and in-depth, but these bits are what made me sit up and write notes because I can relate and I\u0026#39;ve spent a lot of time researching this subject. 1/x\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-apple-vision-pro-a-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003ewheresyoured.at/the-apple-visi\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eon-pro-a-review/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. 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Like he said about the struggles to configure the product to function well enough - we\u0026#39;re correcting their homework for them. 3/x\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=edge-case%20from%3Afasterandworse\u0026amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003etwitter.com/search?q=edge-case\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e%20from%3Afasterandworse\u0026amp;src=typed_query\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. Experienced user.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been making these videos about tech \u0026amp; design: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003eyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLwv\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eand in audio: \u003ca href=\"https://pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003epnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Australian in Amsterdam\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse","avatar":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","header":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","header_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","followers_count":973,"following_count":180,"statuses_count":7419,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.fasterandworse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efasterandworse.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-12-21T15:06:27.552+00:00"},{"name":"Gravatar","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://gravatar.com/fasterandworse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003egravatar.com/fasterandworse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-06T15:13:32.032+00:00"},{"name":"WriteFreely","value":"gibberish.awful.systems/fasterandworse/","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}],"descendants":[{"id":"111923594612759975","created_at":"2024-02-13T10:02:01.310Z","in_reply_to_id":"111923589352806478","in_reply_to_account_id":"109349717979443119","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/111923594612759975","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/111923594612759975","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eIf iPad\u0026#39;s purpose was to cram the most powerful brain \u0026amp; eye candy producing tech into a small aluminium package, the Vision Pro\u0026#39;s purpose is to stick it to your face. 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Experienced user.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been making these videos about tech \u0026amp; design: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003eyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLwv\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eand in audio: \u003ca href=\"https://pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003epnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Australian in Amsterdam\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse","avatar":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","header":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","header_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","followers_count":973,"following_count":180,"statuses_count":7419,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.fasterandworse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efasterandworse.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-12-21T15:06:27.552+00:00"},{"name":"Gravatar","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://gravatar.com/fasterandworse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003egravatar.com/fasterandworse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-06T15:13:32.032+00:00"},{"name":"WriteFreely","value":"gibberish.awful.systems/fasterandworse/","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111923596122805591","created_at":"2024-02-13T10:02:24.351Z","in_reply_to_id":"111923594612759975","in_reply_to_account_id":"109349717979443119","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/111923596122805591","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/111923596122805591","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eI don\u0026#39;t doubt that Ed had some good writing sessions in scenarios he would otherwise not have, but I also don\u0026#39;t doubt that the novelty will wear off and the computer-connected-to-the-internet-strapped-to-your-faceness will take hold. 6/x\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. Experienced user.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been making these videos about tech \u0026amp; design: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003eyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLwv\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eand in audio: \u003ca href=\"https://pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003epnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Australian in Amsterdam\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse","avatar":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","header":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","header_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","followers_count":973,"following_count":180,"statuses_count":7419,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.fasterandworse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efasterandworse.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-12-21T15:06:27.552+00:00"},{"name":"Gravatar","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://gravatar.com/fasterandworse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003egravatar.com/fasterandworse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-06T15:13:32.032+00:00"},{"name":"WriteFreely","value":"gibberish.awful.systems/fasterandworse/","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111923601835126020","created_at":"2024-02-13T10:03:51.515Z","in_reply_to_id":"111923596122805591","in_reply_to_account_id":"109349717979443119","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/111923601835126020","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/111923601835126020","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":2,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eWe were concerned that smartphones were distracting us from the world, now we lament how the world distracts us from computers. Distraction isn\u0026#39;t in our peripheral vision, it\u0026#39;s in how much potential we can sense for escape from whatever we\u0026#39;re doing. 7/x\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. 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The Vision Pro takes that, holds your eyes open with matchsticks, and rams the potential into your brain. TikTok is always a command+tab away from your IMAX-sized document. 8/x\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. Experienced user.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been making these videos about tech \u0026amp; design: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003eyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLwv\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eAAoSdsXWxHwFbULgbpVGiLmJZv4X1g\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eand in audio: \u003ca href=\"https://pnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003epnc.st/s/faster-and-worse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Australian in Amsterdam\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse","avatar":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/avatars/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/76fa635fe8e93d7a.jpeg","header":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","header_static":"https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/accounts/headers/109/349/717/979/443/119/original/79b14ba5f6d75db3.jpeg","followers_count":973,"following_count":180,"statuses_count":7419,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.fasterandworse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efasterandworse.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-12-21T15:06:27.552+00:00"},{"name":"Gravatar","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://gravatar.com/fasterandworse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003egravatar.com/fasterandworse\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-06T15:13:32.032+00:00"},{"name":"WriteFreely","value":"gibberish.awful.systems/fasterandworse/","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111923609194421721","created_at":"2024-02-13T10:05:43.808Z","in_reply_to_id":"111923605034490273","in_reply_to_account_id":"109349717979443119","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/111923609194421721","url":"https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/111923609194421721","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eI, like Ed, am diagnosed and medicated, and I can relate to the \u0026quot;lock\u0026quot; feeling he describes. I know because it\u0026#39;s how I felt when I *downgraded* to a single monitor, installed a window focus app, used a white-noise generator, etc. They all work in their newness, they shake things up. But they all do nothing about the meta-machine you\u0026#39;re using which is designed to do *everything*, faster, easier, and more *everythings* at once 9/x\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. 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The *potential* of an internet connected machine doesn\u0026#39;t care if you\u0026#39;re using it in a sunny park or an isolation chamber. Strapping it to your face just removes a little more friction. /end\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"109349717979443119","username":"fasterandworse","acct":"fasterandworse","display_name":"Stephen Farrugia","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eDesign enthusiast. 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