The super-magical Wi-Fi landline for kids. No screens, no texting, no strangers — just real conversation with Grandma, besties, and contacts you approve. Plug in, twirl that cord, and time-travel to pure voice fun.
Tinline · A direct line to your people
Tinline, from Osvauld: a personal line for messages, calls and files, straight from your device to the people you choose. No phone number, no ads, no tracking.
talat - the local transcription app for meetings, dictation, and recordings
talat is the local transcription app for meetings, dictation, and recordings: an AI note-taker that captures both sides of every conversation and transcribes in real time, entirely on your own computer. Nothing you say is ever uploaded.
DakNet: rethinking connectivity in developing nations
DakNet provides extraordinarily low-cost digital communication, letting remote villages leapfrog past the expense of traditional connectivity solutions and begin development of a full-coverage broadband wireless infrastructure. What is the basis for a progressive, market-driven migration from e-governance to universal broadband connectivity that local users will pay for? DakNet, an ad hoc network that uses wireless technology to provide asynchronous digital connectivity, is evidence that the marriage of wireless and asynchronous service may indeed be the beginning of a road to universal broadband connectivity. DakNet has been successfully deployed in remote parts of both India and Cambodia at a cost two orders of magnitude less than that of traditional landline solutions.
An exploration of Wi-Fi Aware for Bitchat (and other ad-hoc networks) - HackMD
Bitchat is an open source peer-to-peer mesh communication network started in the summer of 2025 by Jack Dorsey. It's available on iOS, Android, and MacOS. Others have explored beyond this, with a terminal client and a self-powered ESP32-based mesh relay node. In theory, Bitchat enables cross-platform peer-to-peer messaging even when there's no cellular or Wi-Fi network available. In practice, it's not proven to be reliable in an offline environment. However, I believe it could be, and it's clear that the team agrees and is actively working toward that end.
Childhood and Education #20: Phones and Screens
We have a respite, so I thought I’d tackle various thoughts on children, phones and screens.
Decentralizing My Smartphone With Single Purpose Devices
Lately, I’ve become nostalgic for the days before smartphones, when the internet was a place we went to deliberately, and not a place that lived on all of ou...
Wamellow: Next-gen of Discord Bots & Apps
Accessibility where it's needed the most: Discord Voice Chats. Social notifications to stay connected and up to date with anyone, anywhere. Simple, customizable, free, and built in public.
Beyond Chat: Bringing Models to the Canvas • Lu Wilson • GOTO 2025
Radio Hobbyists, Rejoice! Good News for LoRa & Mesh
A set of radio devices and technologies are opening the doorway to new and revolutionary forms of communication. These have the potential to break down the over-reliance on traditional network
The dawn of trustworthy computing
When we currently use a smart phone or a laptop on a cell network or the Internet, the other end of these interactions typically run on othe...
Connect computers and apps to your dot | ChatGPT Learn
Use your dot's cloud computer, connect your own computer, and manage app access.
Poke – Chat with Poke
The proactive AI assistant on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. Texts like a human, really knows you, and integrates with your life in dozens of ways.
The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns
Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
Introducing Convo — Hippo
Last week, I released Convo, a messaging app for feature phones (of the button variety). That has generated quite a bit of interest—and already racked up a hundred downloads within 24 hours!—so I decided to write a bit more about it here.