Friction is a learned preference.
Why friction might actually be a thing we need:
emilkowal.ski/ui/friction-as…
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- One underrated advantage of working from SEA while your users are in the US: To build and ship to prod while your users are still sleeping, minimizing any downtime impact to users.
- AI for coding (Codex, Claude Code) is a precursor of how AI will impact other domains, such as research. Understanding, due to the need for human judgment to verify outputs, will need new interface designs for the next layer of agentic applications.
- Learning is about to get so much more funGoogle is cooking with NotebookLM. Here is an example:
- Thinking requires iterations of externalizing and reflection. AI makes the former easier, but iterations are still needed. Externalization is largely supported today through typing or voice, but many domains are better iterated on spatially - that's where a canvas would shine."A “thinker” who doesn’t write, who skips the step of “merely” synthesizing their vague thoughts into prose, is not thinking." I think this is true-ish, though interesting to consider the extent. Lots of people "think through conversation", which supplies helpful responsiveness,
