I Dream of Quieter Computing
The author reflects on the current state of the internet, expressing a desire for a more personal, 'quieter' digital experience. They advocate for handmade websites and hackable hardware that prioritize human connection over algorithmic feeds.
Why it matters
This piece highlights a growing counter-cultural movement in tech that rejects the 'attention economy' in favor of digital craftsmanship and user agency.
I’m thinking of quieter computing. Everything these days is glass and refresh rates, is clouds and cloud-shapes, is brought to you in feeds and in troughs. It’s hard not to pine for a forested internet, an imagined one of searching and finding, of patient and aimless wandering.
I think of raising the torch overhead to read long-form, personal updates from anons I somehow feel I know, following their links into the underbrush, marking the path with #551A8B streaks . The rin gong resonance that rises when I let my cursor drift along the edges of a hand-made and hand-honed webring.
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