I absolutely love this project. Bravo.
An NFC movie library for my kids
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#32This is such a fab project. <3
Cool electronics, simple workflow, 3D printing, and useful service! <3 <3 <3
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I think making things difficult is useful, it forces some learning to get a 'reward'. I found the same growing up. But at the time (the 90s) there weren't hyperstimuli available in the form of smartphones, streaming services, or engagement-optimized algorithmic content feeds. The broadcast television that was available was often boring, or at least poorly matched to any given person's interests at a given time. We…
> The generation below me (Gen-Z, Zoomers?) seem to be experts at using touchscreen devices and social networks. And, importantly, it's not that they learned the new tech fluently while millennials haven't adapted—there aren't "modern" digital skills that aren't readily learned by millennials, but there certainly are fewer Gen Z adults who have learned to fluently use the still-more-powerful keyboard-based tech that…
> ...it's not that they learned the new tech fluently while millennials haven't adapted—there aren't "modern" digital skills that aren't readily learned by millennials, but there certainly are fewer Gen Z adults who have learned to fluently use the still-more-powerful keyboard-based tech that we picked up as kids.
I agree, but it's so much more than keyboards.
Things that irritated me for years about smartphones were irritations because I'd been able to do them on desktops and laptops but suddenly couldn't on a smartphone. I knew that the hardware qualified it as a general purpose computer, and that it was locked down into being a more limited appliance. Features were added back over the years, and there's even an argument that we normalized much better security practices on both iOS and Android/AOSP because of that development cadence but, for most people whose first computer was a phone, the concept of a general purpose computer is simply missing from their awareness and "computer" becomes merely a word meaning black-box, magical appliance. And they don't discover what the appliance truly could be---its full potential---because it now works well enough for its specific purpose that they can leave the black box closed.
It may be a historically inevitable closing of doors, in the same way that cars stopped being machines most people understood long before the advent of the microcomputer, but I feel a sense of loss for other people. My reading of human history is that when there's a rough technological parity (i.e. parity of understanding, access, and usefulness) between individuals and large institutions, you tend to see more freedom. When there isn't, you see less-to-none.
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#34It looks cool but in my attempts to do this I've discokered it takes too much time I could spend with mx kids or catching up on sleep
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#35Fantastic work!
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#36This is really awesome - just had my first kid, and I think I’ll do something similar. Well done OP!
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I think making things difficult is useful, it forces some learning to get a 'reward'. I found the same growing up. But at the time (the 90s) there weren't hyperstimuli available in the form of smartphones, streaming services, or engagement-optimized algorithmic content feeds. The broadcast television that was available was often boring, or at least poorly matched to any given person's interests at a given time. We…
I unplugged the Alexa for about 6 months, that was a good reset, and we have a few tablets etc but no nonsense apps installed. Although time is ticking and I be we'll soon have the influence from 'peer pressure' - we're getting our daughter prepped for secondary/high school next year so she's got an old iPhone to play around with but thankfully she has zero interest in tech as a distraction. She sends a message to he…
My cousin has had success with Apple Watches for her middle school aged kids. The Watches now function independently from phones IIRC and allow her kids to be "reachable" in the way that is now socially expected/enforced, but the screen is so small and the selection of "apps" so limited that they don't disrupt daily life with addictive software. However, you have to be in the Apple walled garden for that to work.
As for books, I've fallen in love with my Kobo Clara e-reader. It can run side-loaded software like Plato or KOReader, and I've loaded it with just about everything from https://standardebooks.org/. Maybe get your daughter an e-reader (Kobo or other model) for Christmas, paired with a monthly budget/stipend for books that she chooses how to spend?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I unplugged the Alexa for about 6 months, that was a good reset, and we have a few tablets etc but no nonsense apps installed. Although time is ticking and I be we'll soon have the influence from 'peer pressure' - we're getting our daughter prepped for secondary/high school next year so she's got an old iPhone to play around with but thankfully she has zero interest in tech as a distraction. She sends a message to he…
My cousin has had success with Apple Watches for her middle school aged kids. The Watches now function independently from phones IIRC and allow her kids to be "reachable" in the way that is now socially expected/enforced, but the screen is so small and the selection of "apps" so limited that they don't disrupt daily life with addictive software. However, you have to be in the Apple walled garden for that to work. As…
Great suggestions! Thank you!!
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