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Re: delta time

#42
Very nice! I'd recommend that the landing page either shows an example right away (the Carl Sagan one is great) or make it more obvious to take a look at one first - took me a minute to figure out what this was for, but the example made it click immediately.

Re: delta time

#43

Very nice! I'd recommend that the landing page either shows an example right away (the Carl Sagan one is great) or make it more obvious to take a look at one first - took me a minute to figure out what this was for, but the example made it click immediately.

Thanks for the feedback! Didn't you get a highlight and text banner telling you to either enter a date or select an example? Or do you mean even then it should be more obvious? Was it that the splash screen quote took too long too?

Re: delta time

#44
post #40

I like the use of the Weber-Fechner law, that's a lens I use to think of age as well :) The idea is that experienced time is proportional to log time, i.e. it's why time seems to move faster as we age. You could even measure your age in powers of two, like we do octaves.

i don't think time moves faster as we age, i think our perceived duration of early life grows because we keep thinking about it. for example, i have spent 35 years thinking about the events which took place at age 8, but i have only spent 8 years thinking about the events of age 35.

Hence why time tends to slow down while living in the moment rather than reminiscing or dwelling on the past.

Re: delta time

#45
shame that this requires WebGL to work. my machine doesn't support it. so the rest of the interface loads, but not the actual tiles. i was only able to find out what it is by opening it on my mobile phone

Re: delta time

#46
post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Time is precious. It's so you get a birds eye view of how you've spent your time, and decide how to spend it next

but the only "how" you can add is by connecting your linkedin? is that the only meaning my life is allowed to have? i can't talk about all the cool stuff i do on linkedin, i'd never get a job again.

I don't use LinkedIn... I hate it. And my life is passing by itself, I chose only minor things, make small decisions, so this tool is not for me

Re: delta time

#47
post #33

The share & restore feature is not working for me. Only the birthday is restored. Other settings & skip tutorial are reset.

If you open it on another machine / browser you'll have a fresh start. Note that it's serverless. Share URLs serialize layer and period data. You should see layers and periods that you were viewing when you clicked Share.

If I open the shared link in an incognito window or browser, I'm not expecting a fresh start. I expect the data encoded into the URL `?c=` to restore my session, which I'd like it to include everything I do on the website: birthday, layers, skip tutorial, etc.

Re: delta time

#48
post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Time is precious. It's so you get a birds eye view of how you've spent your time, and decide how to spend it next

but the only "how" you can add is by connecting your linkedin? is that the only meaning my life is allowed to have? i can't talk about all the cool stuff i do on linkedin, i'd never get a job again.

I know I may be shooting myself in the foot here, but you're not supposed to stay on the app. Once you take a look at your life in perspective, my hope is that you'll close your browser and touch some grass. It's not a product. It's art. It's your life.

Re: delta time

#49
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you open it on another machine / browser you'll have a fresh start. Note that it's serverless. Share URLs serialize layer and period data. You should see layers and periods that you were viewing when you clicked Share.

If I open the shared link in an incognito window or browser, I'm not expecting a fresh start. I expect the data encoded into the URL `?c=` to restore my session, which I'd like it to include everything I do on the website: birthday, layers, skip tutorial, etc.

Not sure how I can tell apart that someone opens a shared link for the first time vs. someone that sent a link to themselves. Incognito browsing won't be a top priority I'm afraid. But I'm open to ideas.

Re: delta time

#50

Very nice! I'd recommend that the landing page either shows an example right away (the Carl Sagan one is great) or make it more obvious to take a look at one first - took me a minute to figure out what this was for, but the example made it click immediately.

Thanks for the feedback! Didn't you get a highlight and text banner telling you to either enter a date or select an example? Or do you mean even then it should be more obvious? Was it that the splash screen quote took too long too?

I had a moment to start reading and start entering my date of birth, before it suddenly rewrote the date and then launched the walkthrough.
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