@writingslowly I like your analog of the phonograph — And your point that companies are making it worse by having the technology present itself as human: It is an obfuscation I hope unwinds sooner rather than later before doing more damage. I keep thinking that Star Trek’s moniker of “Computer, do ‘xyz’ …” was a much more apt interface choice than what we’re dangerously toying with today.

@manton I attempted an import from Tumblr a couple years back — You may have seen my emails at the time for support help as it went less-than-elegantly. If there’s a fix, I’d love to get my past posts from Tumblr cleaned up (as they’re in hard-to-make-sense-of state). :/

@iChris Still do it every morning here. :) But yes, have had spills in the past (it can be hard to be fully ‘with it’ when coffee not yet made). ;) Having said that, I still like the haptic experience as part of my morning routine - it’s a part of ‘coming to life’ each morning and interacting with my day. :) (Where I could, perhaps, be convinced to streamline – my simple ceramic hand grinder: I keep looking for a good excuse.) ;)

@shep Totally gonna try this out! - Sometimes like to watch a pre-empted network game on the MLB app, but this seems much more fun. :)

@amerpie Beautiful shot!