remember when you had feelings about technology

just a feeling or two

what were those feelings like, what were they like in your body

@cwebber Being a young kid who managed to configure my parents' 286 machine in a way that Commander Keen would run (remove mouse driver and crap, I am very old) was such a feeling of agency, of understanding that I was able to actually actively do things. I still sometimes get it when I can solve my (or a friend's) real-life problem with a few tech tricks.

@cwebber I'm actually having trouble remembering the times when I /only/ had one or two feelings about technology. I hope we can bring these simpler times back.

@cwebber feeling uneasy in my stomach while updating and reload SPOF-Hardware like Firewall or Virtual Hosts...

@cwebber I remember a night I stayed up until morning trying to make a chat program in Java

@cwebber good feelings or just feelings in general

@cwebber I was in high school when the iPhone came out, and I think that set me up to have really high expectations for technology evolving and changing the world. The 2010s were excitement fading to disillusionment.

@cwebber not all technologies are computers. here some inspiration: https://other-nature.de/collections/vibrators

@cwebber hurting my fingertips playing decathlon ;)

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Warmth in my heart.

Joy in my brain.

Pain in my wrists and elbows.

Now it's pretty much all just pain and anxiety.

@cwebber I have CorelDRAW! 4 poster on my wall, just so I never forget

@cwebber (eternal hat-tip to @vga256 )

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the sheer joy of writing a program that doesn't crash in flames.

The sudden realization that you programmed something wrong and the accompanying urge to fix it

@cwebber Seeing an Apple IIe for the first time and thinking the world was nothing but potential with these new things that could be in your home.

@cwebber it was like diving into cool blue water on a hot day, the size of an ocean. But your eyes were open to the endless possibilities of your mind. The faint smell of ozone in the air, the coffee in the distance.

Those sleek beige boxes with screens that could capture all of your attention, your entire visual field focused on one thing. Your mind making all of the connections of the inner workings of the machine and the codified human thought of the programs that ran on it.