Rosano

@rosano.ca

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technologist • writer • musician blog https://rosano.ca/blog | vlog https://rosano.ca/vlog | log https://rosano.ca/log

preview of book notes, link notes, tweets, and music from this edition of the newsletter
muted words in different apps: atmosphere and atproto in bluesky; nostr and nip in damus; mastodon, ActivityPub, and fediverse in Ivory
journal posts sharing music from various platforms
scrolling comparison of before and after, takes less time to scroll to the end now, and the design is more dense
video collage of AudioScrub, Ticker, Quick Record, and sonogrid app previews with audio created from sonogrid
Every time we say: ‘what do you mean?’, we demonstrate our innate understanding that language and thought are far from being one and the same, even though we may often be unaware of our thoughts until we translate them. ‘Mean’ as a verb is connected to ‘mind’. When we speak, we translate our mind into words. When we say ‘what do you mean?’, what we are saying is ‘what is in your mind?’, and when we ask that, we know the answer isn’t ‘words’ because we just heard those words and remain none the wiser! Really, truly understanding that language and thought (and even meaning) are not one and the same is a true life hack, a new type of freedom. Healthy detachment from language means seeing through the craft of those who know how to use language better than us - especially when it's to insincere ends. It means using language in a different way - to truly communicate rather than to divide and to other, and again - it means seeing through even our own motives when we use it insincerely. It means being less reactive to language, and less spell-bound by its sentences
demonstration of three different apps that share the same data, items created or updated on one sync to the other
ocean view with sky gradient from orange at the water ascending to blue/purple
two mugs with a hot drink on a stone wall overlooking the other side of a river
a minute of sound in a public space in Berlin. 2018.06.20
scrolling preview of the newsletter's first edition
photos of informal gift items with their name and suggested price overlayed on top