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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻“There’s a common misconception that state-of-the-art technology has to be expensive, energy consumptive and hard to engineer. That’s because we have been persuaded to believe that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/InnovativeTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InnovativeTechnology</a> is whatever bombastic billionaires claim it is, whether that’s commercial <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spacecraft</a> or the endless iterations of generative <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AItools</a>.As the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technologist</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineer</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UrsulaFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrsulaFranklin</a> once said, fantasies of technology would have it that innovation is always “investment-driven, shiny, lab-born, experimental, exciting”. But more often than not, in the real world, it is “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NeedsDriven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeedsDriven</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/scrappy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scrappy</a>, on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#location</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/iterative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iterative</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/practical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#practical</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mundane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mundane</a>”. The real pioneering <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technologies</a> of today are genuinely useful <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#systems</a> I like to call “frugal tech”, and they are brought to life not by eccentric billionaires but by people doing more with less. They don’t impose <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TopDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TopDown</a> “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/solutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solutions</a>” that seem to complicate our lives while making a few people very rich. It turns out that genuinely <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/innovative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innovative</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> really can set people free.” — Eleanor Drage<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpEd</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EleanorDrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EleanorDrage</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FrugalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrugalTech</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cambridge</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LeverhulmeCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeverhulmeCentre</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FutureOfIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FutureOfIntelligence</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation</a>>

Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:Here with Mansi for “<a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Programming</a> and <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parenting</a>”, some notes:- <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Iterative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iterative</a> development: adjustments and bug fixes as you go, for kids is Sleep, routines, feedback from reactions - Handling the unexpected: How do you handle <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/exceptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exceptions</a> cleanly? How do you react to random kid behavior? - Debugging: <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#test</a> solutions until problem is solved, for kids there will be a solution eventually - Balancing <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#complexity</a>: Only when absolutely necessary, one step at a time for processes - Celebrate wins - When you solve, brag about it, when kids to the same congratulate them<a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/bcphilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bcphilly</a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/barcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#barcamp</a>

Kristin (vis.social Admin)Some dancing starfish for today's <a href="https://vis.social/tags/inkyDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inkyDays</a> drawing. With my recovery from surgery, I can't really dance yet, but I'm dancing on the inside.Here's an in-progress shot.And that's a wrap for this month's daily drawings. In-progress and complete drawings for this month are now all posted for my supporters on patreon and kofi in this month's <a href="https://vis.social/tags/inkyDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inkyDays</a> posts: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/101521238" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/101521238</a> <a href="https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-April-2024-N4N0WEJT0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-April-2024-N4N0WEJT0</a><a href="https://vis.social/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ink</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/starfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#starfish</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/seastars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seastars</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/iterative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iterative</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/GenerativeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeArt</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wip</a>

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