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June 22, 2024

Thinking about the interfaces with which we think

January 21, 2024

A new experiment, and an Ink & Switch collab

October 21, 2023

An understanding of time in the OS of the future

August 28, 2023

How semantic zoom supports agency in personal software

July 29, 2023

A gestural environment for the OS of the future

October 2, 2022

Dynamic Island and other ways OSs become ours

The latest iPhone’s new feature, Dynamic Island, follows a long line of ways OSs have allowed system and third-party software to inject new functionality over the decades.

Today’s lab note is about this — one of the most important forms of freedom in personal computing.

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LN 032: System injections »

Alexander Obenauer

Dynamic Island and other ways OSs become ours