Imagine, instead, a single compute and storage core that could contain all of your data and meld to the world around it. A hunk of plastic that can plug in to a 24 inch display and become a workstation. Or it can slot in to the back of a 7 e-ink display and render the aformentioned PDF. Or it can be headless and be communicated with over voice and audio cues. The core, a 40% keyboard, and a 7” screen fit in your purse and fit in your cozy corner of the coffee shop where you write your novel at on the weekends. All of these workflows can accomplish their core task while assuring the user is free from spying, hacked accounts, and 90%-working sync solutions. This is the goal of the complete computing environment – a single hardware/software pairing for the future of my computing and, hopefully, an inspiration to others.
Yeah, this is the dream of user-owned data and vendor-provided interfaces. We have the reverse: user-owned (with caveates) interfaces and vendor-provided data. The people/markets have voted with their wallets, sadly.
I’m honestly not sure I understand what this is about.
From what I gather, he could achieve most of his hardware goals with a Raspberry Pi, a fancy case with a battery pack, a few peripheral sensors, and a few days of coding.
As far as the software environment goes, Emacs is great and all, but some of his decisions seem a little forced. For example, using evil-mode is a weird choice for somebody trying to put everything into Emacs. I’m sure he has a good reason, but it’s odd.
I think he’s describing how he does things; this is the ideal system from his perspective. I can totally appreciate that; I attack the same problem with a terminal window and pipes as the glue and Acme as the editor. <3 the plumber program.
In a similar vein, @dakrone’s eot comes to mind as well.
This ethos sure reminds me of Urbit a whole lot.
Yeah, this is the dream of user-owned data and vendor-provided interfaces. We have the reverse: user-owned (with caveates) interfaces and vendor-provided data. The people/markets have voted with their wallets, sadly.
I’m honestly not sure I understand what this is about.
From what I gather, he could achieve most of his hardware goals with a Raspberry Pi, a fancy case with a battery pack, a few peripheral sensors, and a few days of coding.
As far as the software environment goes, Emacs is great and all, but some of his decisions seem a little forced. For example, using evil-mode is a weird choice for somebody trying to put everything into Emacs. I’m sure he has a good reason, but it’s odd.
I think he’s describing how he does things; this is the ideal system from his perspective. I can totally appreciate that; I attack the same problem with a terminal window and pipes as the glue and Acme as the editor. <3 the plumber program.