Case
@case.bsky.social
Cyborg anthropologist studying humans and technology! Attention, UX and physical design.
Former MIT Media Lab, Harvard Berkman and Mozilla Fellow.
calmtech.institute // calmtech.com // cyborganthropology.com
Former MIT Media Lab, Harvard Berkman and Mozilla Fellow.
calmtech.institute // calmtech.com // cyborganthropology.com
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@case.bsky.social
· Dec 1
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025
In 2025, our list of certified products include Alarm Clocks, Digital Signage, Picture Frames, Notebooks/Productivity, Mobile Phones and Home Audio
www.calmtech.institute
Calm Tech Institute is now a year old! We're excited to announce the products that won certification this year.
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025!
A Guide to Products That Are a Joy to Use!
www.calmtech.institute/post/the-com...
#calmtech #calmtechinstitute
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025!
A Guide to Products That Are a Joy to Use!
www.calmtech.institute/post/the-com...
#calmtech #calmtechinstitute
When new technologies emerge, they conflict with the tech that already exists.
January 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM
When new technologies emerge, they conflict with the tech that already exists.
Excellent news, and what every company should do! Less E-Waste and more joy. Honestly, Bose makes excellent speakers, and allowing all of that engineering to go to waste is a real sad sack. Good on them! #calmtech
www.theverge.com/news/858501/...
www.theverge.com/news/858501/...
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Excellent news, and what every company should do! Less E-Waste and more joy. Honestly, Bose makes excellent speakers, and allowing all of that engineering to go to waste is a real sad sack. Good on them! #calmtech
www.theverge.com/news/858501/...
www.theverge.com/news/858501/...
The future doesn't come from the front.
It comes from the side.
People who are stuck looking ahead have trouble seeing it because they're not using peripheral vision.
It comes from the side.
People who are stuck looking ahead have trouble seeing it because they're not using peripheral vision.
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 AM
The future doesn't come from the front.
It comes from the side.
People who are stuck looking ahead have trouble seeing it because they're not using peripheral vision.
It comes from the side.
People who are stuck looking ahead have trouble seeing it because they're not using peripheral vision.
The pen might be mightier than the sword
But is the pen mightier than the server?
But is the pen mightier than the server?
January 7, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The pen might be mightier than the sword
But is the pen mightier than the server?
But is the pen mightier than the server?
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one day, you will die, and your legacy will be washed away when someone forgets to renew the DNS.
stillness.digital/posts/2021-1...
stillness.digital/posts/2021-1...
Stillness.Digital | Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 11:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Stillness is a blog. Have a look: “why concern yourself with "developer experience" when you ought to be concerned with "the human experience"? what is autocompletion in the face of the exquisite...”
stillness.digital
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
one day, you will die, and your legacy will be washed away when someone forgets to renew the DNS.
stillness.digital/posts/2021-1...
stillness.digital/posts/2021-1...
The Pulse-Pounding Origin Story of USB-C www.unsungscience.com/index.php/20...
The Pulse-Pounding Origin Story of USB-C – Unsung Science
www.unsungscience.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The Pulse-Pounding Origin Story of USB-C www.unsungscience.com/index.php/20...
www.designboom.com/design/fungi... The "79th Organ" is a speculative biodesign concept by Odette Dierkx, a conceptual prosthetic organ made from bioengineered fungi designed to filter and digest microplastics from the human bloodstream, acting as a living detox system for plastic pollution.
fungi-made prosthetic organ extracts and breaks down microplastics inside human bodies
www.designboom.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
www.designboom.com/design/fungi... The "79th Organ" is a speculative biodesign concept by Odette Dierkx, a conceptual prosthetic organ made from bioengineered fungi designed to filter and digest microplastics from the human bloodstream, acting as a living detox system for plastic pollution.
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment ploum.net/2025-12-15-c... "The main problem with reliable communication protocols? It is a mostly solved problem. Build simple websites, read RSS feeds, write emails. Use IRC and XMPP if you truly want real-time comms. Those are working and working great."
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
ploum.net
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment ploum.net/2025-12-15-c... "The main problem with reliable communication protocols? It is a mostly solved problem. Build simple websites, read RSS feeds, write emails. Use IRC and XMPP if you truly want real-time comms. Those are working and working great."
AI Fatigue VS the Executive Echo Chamber
The backlash against "AI-in-everything" is rising. Only execs are surprised. productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ai-fatigue...
The backlash against "AI-in-everything" is rising. Only execs are surprised. productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ai-fatigue...
AI Fatigue VS the Executive Echo Chamber
The backlash against "AI-in-everything" is rising. Only execs are surprised.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
AI Fatigue VS the Executive Echo Chamber
The backlash against "AI-in-everything" is rising. Only execs are surprised. productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ai-fatigue...
The backlash against "AI-in-everything" is rising. Only execs are surprised. productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ai-fatigue...
Why is no one excited for details anymore?
medium.com/user-experie...
Although it’s impressive that Google’s team adds details, they don’t really think about making them contextually useful.
medium.com/user-experie...
Although it’s impressive that Google’s team adds details, they don’t really think about making them contextually useful.
Contrails and tiny text will probably kill us
Contrails’ potential—the totally unnoticed, yet the only small text worth reading, and why everyone missed it.
medium.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Why is no one excited for details anymore?
medium.com/user-experie...
Although it’s impressive that Google’s team adds details, they don’t really think about making them contextually useful.
medium.com/user-experie...
Although it’s impressive that Google’s team adds details, they don’t really think about making them contextually useful.
It's the end of 2025 and I've been slowly capturing the parts of the web that I like and ingesting them into Pikapods. My favorite app so far is readeck.org/en/ - it's a self-hosted bookmarking app and reader in one. No more ads or weird pop-overs. www.pikapods.com
PikaPods - Instant Open Source App Hosting
Run the finest Open Source web apps from $1.20/month, fully managed, no tracking, no ads, full privacy. Self-hosting was never this convenient.
www.pikapods.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It's the end of 2025 and I've been slowly capturing the parts of the web that I like and ingesting them into Pikapods. My favorite app so far is readeck.org/en/ - it's a self-hosted bookmarking app and reader in one. No more ads or weird pop-overs. www.pikapods.com
It doesn't go back any further... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Category:30th-century BC works - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It doesn't go back any further... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Reposted by Case
@case.bsky.social is Waiting for the Future to Load!
Which also happens to be a mini test of the @leaflet.pub thread viewer.
Which also happens to be a mini test of the @leaflet.pub thread viewer.
Case is Waiting for the Future to Load
blog.bmannconsulting.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
@case.bsky.social is Waiting for the Future to Load!
Which also happens to be a mini test of the @leaflet.pub thread viewer.
Which also happens to be a mini test of the @leaflet.pub thread viewer.
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
No jobs for horses. alphorisms.medium.com/no-jobs-for-...
No Jobs for Horses
In the face of automation, the free market failed completely to provide horses jobs that paid a living wage. Why this happened is critical…
alphorisms.medium.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
No jobs for horses. alphorisms.medium.com/no-jobs-for-...
A growing movement of consumers are embracing popular products from the 90s and early 2000s. Here is a love letter to some products that we built beautifully and still work today.
caseorganic.medium.com/what-compani...
caseorganic.medium.com/what-compani...
What companies can learn from past products we love — and an alternative gift guide for retro tech
A growing movement of consumers are embracing popular products from the 90s and early 2000s. Amber Case investigates what makes them…
caseorganic.medium.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A growing movement of consumers are embracing popular products from the 90s and early 2000s. Here is a love letter to some products that we built beautifully and still work today.
caseorganic.medium.com/what-compani...
caseorganic.medium.com/what-compani...
Waiting for the Future to Load
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Waiting for the Future to Load
Reposted by Case
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really love @case.bsky.social's latest article
aiming to build "pass-through extensions of human capability" is a really wonderful goal
the emphasis on pass-through is 👌
really love @case.bsky.social's latest article
aiming to build "pass-through extensions of human capability" is a really wonderful goal
the emphasis on pass-through is 👌
The Ambient Revolution: Why Calm Technology Matters More in the Age of AI
Oct 29, 2025 • Ever wonder why some products feel familiar while others stress us out?
edges.ideo.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
edges.ideo.com/posts/the-am...
really love @case.bsky.social's latest article
aiming to build "pass-through extensions of human capability" is a really wonderful goal
the emphasis on pass-through is 👌
really love @case.bsky.social's latest article
aiming to build "pass-through extensions of human capability" is a really wonderful goal
the emphasis on pass-through is 👌
Calm Tech Institute is now a year old! We're excited to announce the products that won certification this year.
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025!
A Guide to Products That Are a Joy to Use!
www.calmtech.institute/post/the-com...
#calmtech #calmtechinstitute
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025!
A Guide to Products That Are a Joy to Use!
www.calmtech.institute/post/the-com...
#calmtech #calmtechinstitute
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025
In 2025, our list of certified products include Alarm Clocks, Digital Signage, Picture Frames, Notebooks/Productivity, Mobile Phones and Home Audio
www.calmtech.institute
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Calm Tech Institute is now a year old! We're excited to announce the products that won certification this year.
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025!
A Guide to Products That Are a Joy to Use!
www.calmtech.institute/post/the-com...
#calmtech #calmtechinstitute
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025!
A Guide to Products That Are a Joy to Use!
www.calmtech.institute/post/the-com...
#calmtech #calmtechinstitute
I'll be in Vienna for a few days (29 and 30) Sept! If anyone is around there, please let me know! I'd love to meet up.
August 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'll be in Vienna for a few days (29 and 30) Sept! If anyone is around there, please let me know! I'd love to meet up.
I don't do SXSW much anymore, but we're working on a panel about Calm Tech in the Age of AI. If you have a SXSW, we'd really love a vote! participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I don't do SXSW much anymore, but we're working on a panel about Calm Tech in the Age of AI. If you have a SXSW, we'd really love a vote! participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...