Framing our phones as glossy portraits of the world comes at a cost: we spend more time gazing instead of gaining utility.
Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down?
A decade ago, smart devices promised to change the way we think and interact, and they have – but not by making us smarter. Eric Andrew-Gee explores the growing body of scientific evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds
Grayjay App - Follow Creators Not Platforms
Grayjay is a cutting-edge mobile app that serves as a video player and source aggregator. It allows you to stream and organize videos from various sources, providing a unified platform for your entertainment needs.
A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley (Published 2018)
“I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”
Opinion | The Internet of Way Too Many Things (Published 2015)
You may be able to get your phone to project bright colors if your window sensor detects a burglar, but what is protecting you from your phone?
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
Welcome to GrayHaze, right now we're in very early alpha, as you can pretty clearly see. This page will eventually be populated with all the really cool creators that want to stream on the ATmosphere.
aesthetics
Aesthetics is relevant to many aspects of computing. Here, we are mostly concerned of the superficial visual appearances and their technological bases.
Childhood and Education #20: Phones and Screens
We have a respite, so I thought I’d tackle various thoughts on children, phones and screens.
The digital exiles: Why people are abandoning their smartphones - Coda Story
A growing movement of “former screenagers” is calling for a screen-free, surveillance-free life, for a chance to build a future beyond tech capture
TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface
On the app, users drape themselves in the trappings of Black culture—and steal the viral spotlight. It’s exploitation at its most refined and disturbing.
Michael Tsai - Blog - Alan Kay on the iPhone
If people could understand what computing was about, the iPhone would not be a bad thing. But because people don’t understand what computing is about, they think they have it in the iPhone, and that illusion is as bad as the illusion that Guitar Hero is the same as a real guitar. That’s the simple long and the short of it.
Andy Matuschak on Twitter / X
We might become grey goo, but before that, what about our spirits? "The world it envisions for all of us is small, flat, grey, leveled of all exception… a world without heroes or glory… without myths, without men who rise above the rest…"That quote is from a Marco Rubio…— Andy Matuschak (@andy_matuschak) September 9, 2026
Bluescreen for Bluesky App - App Store
Download Bluescreen for Bluesky by Birdsong Apps GmbH on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Bluescreen for…
