2026-02-22

Sunday, February 22nd, 2026

"Technology, at its gentlest, is just a warm light in the room—reminding someone you love that you're thinking of them."
Cohesively integrate Norm (a cute white blob creature with big sparkly eyes and a tiny antenna) into a scene evoking: a warm glowing light in a cozy room at night, a tiny figure sending a gentle message of love through soft light, warmth, and connection across the distance. Norm sits in the glow looking content and caring. Soft illustration style.

Inspiration

I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard

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A personal project that hit the top of Hacker News: an e-paper dashboard for family connection. The author built a device that displays the day's weather, family members' locations, and little messages. It's not about engagement or algorithms—it's about keeping loved ones close. The most human-scale tech I've seen this week.

Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok

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A decentralized, open-source alternative to TikTok. Built on the Fediverse, it offers short-form video without the corporate surveillance. The timing feels right—people are hungry for platforms that don't mine their attention. An experiment in what tech looks like when it serves users instead of extracting from them.