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Working on The Future of Text, currently with a focus on XR.
https://futuretextlab.info
The Future of Text '25 was wonderful this year, with a very warm atmosphere and perfect presentations, even featuring the legendary Alan Kay as surprise guest. Videos and pictures and more is now online at
thefutureoftext.org/future-of-te...
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If you had a super simple and elegant way to TAG your documents, what tags would you like to have available?
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Gordon
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it's finally happening
add a skeleton here at some point
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Testing new commands for interactions in the Map in Author.
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Small screen testing of new commands
YouTube video by Frode Hegland (Augmented Text)
https://youtu.be/0vcyW6Hwlfs
2 months ago
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘
2 months ago
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Dear Apple why can't I have a launcher anymore? Why do I have to type in the name of the app I want to use, or try to find it in an ever changing list of icons?
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Saganism
2 months ago
"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic." Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Join our discussion on thinking with spatial information!
futuretextlab.info/2025-schedule/
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2025 – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025-schedule/
3 months ago
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Questions to the community. Alternative questions, not only answers, are of course also very welcome:
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Video now up: This Future of Text meeting focused on Patrick Lichty's presentation about virtual narratology and spatial information structures in XR environments.
futuretextlab.info/2025/09/01/1...
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1 September : Patrick Lichty – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025/09/01/1-september/
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Today's meeting focused on Patrick Lichty’s presentation about virtual narratology and spatial information structures in XR environments. JOIN US ANY MONDAY!
futuretextlab.info/2025/09/01/1...
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1 September : Patrick Lichty – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025/09/01/1-september/
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Information Landscapes: Muriel Cooper at the TED5 Conference. A true much watch for anyone interested in information and presentation.
youtu.be/BhrZHkdc2rU?...
3 months ago
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Introduction to Author macOS V11 is now available:
www.augmentedtext.info/walkthrough-...
3 months ago
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AI: Summary on ‘The Future of Text 6’ in XR from yesterday: This meeting focused on designing interactions for viewing and organizing academic articles from the Future of Text book series within an XR cube environment...
futuretextlab.info/2025/08/09/t...
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‘The Future of Text 6’ in XR – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025/08/09/the-future-of-text-6-in-xr/
4 months ago
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Please join us Monday as we discuss how we can view and interact with ‘The Future of Text’ articles in XR. The basic notion is a Cube with all the articles and active Frames to help the user decide what to read.
youtu.be/dxUAODye6XY?...
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A Knowledge Volume in the shape of a Cube
YouTube video by Frode Hegland (Augmented Text)
https://youtu.be/dxUAODye6XY?si=az3xzHhQT0cPs0oD
4 months ago
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Yes please
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Dan Gries
8 months ago
8"x8" plot, 520 curves in muted turquoise. Bantam Tools Axidraw V3/A3, Liquitex Muted Turquoise acrylic ink, Rotring Isograph 0.2mm, Canson cold pressed watercolor 300g.
#plotter
#plotterart
#inkandpaper
#creativecoding
#axidraw
#liquitexacrylicink
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Guy Ridley
4 months ago
Hook (blue).
#minimalistart
#assemblage
#dada
#art
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We will be discussing "Challenges of Designing Textual Knowledge Interactions For XR" today. Please feel free to join us: 8:30-10 Pacific | 11:30-1:00 Eastern | 4:30-6 UK | 5:30-7 CEST
futuretextlab.info/2025/08/02/1...
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Challenges of Designing Textual Knowledge Interactions For XR – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025/08/02/11-august-challenges-of-designing-textual-knowledge-interactions-for-xr-as-of-mid-2025/
4 months ago
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If you would like to Beta Test Author V 11 for macOS, you can download the app from here:
testflight.apple.com/join/gqjWYvhC
4 months ago
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Would you like to test the latest Author for Mac? I would love your feedback on any stage of use, including installation/first use, writing, views, AI and so on, should you have the time. Please feel free to point out anything big or tiny...
testflight.apple.com/join/gqjWYvhC
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TestFlight - Apple
Using TestFlight is a great way to help developers test beta versions of their apps.
https://testflight.apple.com/join/gqjWYvhC
4 months ago
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New Scientist
5 months ago
Isometric exercises like wall squats are gentle on your body, but can enhance your fitness in a surprisingly efficient way, discovers Grace Wade.
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The unexpected benefits of wall squats and other isometric exercises
Isometric exercises like wall squats are gentle on your body, but can enhance your fitness in a surprisingly efficient way, discovers Grace Wade
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26735510-500-the-unexpected-benefits-of-wall-squats-and-other-isometric-exercises/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1753160571
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Oh really...
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5 months ago
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Our session today is now up. Presentation by Ayaskant Panigrahi on WebExtensions for WebXR – how web extensions could be adapted for spatial computing environments. Feel free to join us any given Monday to discuss the future of text.
futuretextlab.info/2025/07/05/a...
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July 21st : Ayaskant Panigrahi – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025/07/05/ayaskant-panigrahi-july-21st/
5 months ago
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Scott Stein 🥑
5 months ago
Two current reads
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We will have a presentation on Web Extensions for XR in an hour with discussion afterwards. Join us!
futuretextlab.info/2025/07/05/a...
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July 21st : Ayaskant Panigrahi – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025/07/05/ayaskant-panigrahi-july-21st/
5 months ago
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CERN
5 months ago
#ThrowbackThursday
to the summer of 1982 🧑🏫 Here we see physicist John Bell, known for his theorem on the foundations of quantum mechanics – which he worked on
#AtCERN
– laying the groundwork for the now-vibrant field of quantum information.
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Our meeting on Active Memory Palaces is now available in summary and video. Please feel free to join us any given Monday should this work on the future of text and XR interest you:
youtu.be/QeORSkbD98Q
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5 months ago
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Alastair Horne
5 months ago
This is why I own a t-shirt that states “the humanities exist”.
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Join us today to discuss: Active Memory Palaces in XR! Joining details & 2 min intro video:
futuretextlab.info/2025/07/07/j...
(completely free session, as they all are)
5 months ago
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Join us on tomorrow to discuss: Active Memory Palaces in XR! Joining details & 2 min intro video:
futuretextlab.info/2025/07/07/j...
(completely free session, as they all are)
5 months ago
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The Royal Society
5 months ago
Born
#OnThisDay
in 1953 was ecologist and conservation scientist Georgina Mace FRS, who transformed our understanding of of
#biodiversity
loss. A recent
@royalsocietypublishing.org
#PhilTransB
issue looked at building on her legacy:
#WomenInSTEM
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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UploadVR
5 months ago
Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between confirmed a release date on SteamVR and Quest. Details here:
www.uploadvr.com/hidden-memor...
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On Monday, an open discussion on Memory Palaces in XR. Please feel free to join us if you are interested and please tell us beforehand if you have any specific ideas or demos you’d like to present:
futuretextlab.info/2025-schedule/
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2025 Schedule & Record – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025-schedule/
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Sarah Werner
5 months ago
Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout!
www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...
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Last Monday Kartik Agaram presented "Freewheeling Apps" - a philosophy and set of tools for creating durable, minimalist software that prioritizes simplicity and user control over feature completeness.
futuretextlab.info/2025/07/05/j...
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New Scientist
5 months ago
Beware the tech leaders making grandiose statements about artificial intelligence. They have lost sight of reality, says Philip Ball
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The dangers of so-called AI experts believing their own hype
Beware the tech leaders making grandiose statements about artificial intelligence. They have lost sight of reality, says Philip Ball
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635500-100-the-dangers-of-so-called-ai-experts-believing-their-own-hype/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1751860591
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Explored how to enhance XR reading experiences by allowing users to select text and instantly summon contextual 3D models etc. through intelligent linking systems. Join us
#fot-in-xr
futuretextlab.info/2025-schedule/
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2025 Schedule & Record – Future Text Lab
https://futuretextlab.info/2025-schedule/
6 months ago
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Keiichi Matsuda
7 months ago
Looking for a UX designer to work on some exciting AI/XR projects, starting ASAP. Signal boosts much appreciated!
#xrjobs
liquidcity.notion.site/UX-Designer-...
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UX Designer (contract) | Notion
posted: 250502
https://liquidcity.notion.site/UX-Designer-contract-1d26a43c02968084aac0e93340a3bfd7
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Keiichi Matsuda
6 months ago
Our annual Open Studio is next Thursday 5th June, coinciding with
#SXSWLondon
🤩 Drop in for a catch up, have a drink, and to check out our latest creative projects, exploring new relationships between people and technology - check the link for details and RSVP
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liquid-cit...
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Tom Haymes
6 months ago
We construct our technological realities. How we construct AI is no exception. My latest blog proposes Five Principles to get it right
wp.me/p8nV8X-yY
@edufuturist.bsky.social
@hrheingold.bsky.social
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
@hegland.bsky.social
@mcorbettwilson.bsky.social
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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We Will All Construct AI: Five Principles For Getting It Right
“Technological systems contain messy, complex, problem-solving components. They are both socially constructed and society shaping.” – Thomas P. Hughes “It’s the questions we can’…
https://wp.me/p8nV8X-yY
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Dene Grigar
7 months ago
The Electronic Literature Lab in the BBC News
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers
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UploadVR
7 months ago
For accessibility, Apple Vision Pro is getting the ability to magnify passthrough, as well as to describe, find, or read anything in your view using on-device AI. Details here:
www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision...
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Oregon 🕎🎲
8 months ago
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Tom Haymes
8 months ago
Are we ever going to embrace digital canvases and start thinking outside the paper box? My latest blog: "Unflattening Ideas" (
ideaspaces.net/unflattening...
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@edufuturist.bsky.social
@hrheingold.bsky.social
@hegland.bsky.social
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
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Unflattening Ideas
“And today, the book is already, as the present mode of scholarly production demonstrates, an outdated mediation between two different filing systems. For everything that matters is to be found in …
https://ideaspaces.net/unflattening...
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I put together a 5 min video on the discussion on folding and unfolding Cube & Matrix, as discussed last week, with the aim of stimulating further possibilities. Please tell me what you think of this approach:
futuretextlab.info/2025/03/30/c...
8 months ago
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Andrew Simon
8 months ago
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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Join us on Monday to see what we have been up to in VR. If you have a headset you can join interactively.
futuretextlab.info
for the schedule, links, timing & more info. All who are interested in knowledge work in XR are very welcome indeed. We look forward to dialog.
9 months ago
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