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   chris martens (chrisamaphone@hci.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 12:59:54 JST chris martens

   a tool is something that helps you solve a problem without questioning if it's the right problem to solve. you have a task you want to do, maybe you already have a tool to do it, and another tool can be evaluated in terms of how it compares for accomplishing that task

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     chris martens (chrisamaphone@hci.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 12:59:54 JST chris martens

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     a material does not prescribe a particular purpose. it has affordances that might be interestingly different from those of other materials, and suggest possible forms one could shape it to (using tools!) that wouldn't be possible with other materials. when you work with a new material you get new ideas!

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     chris martens (chrisamaphone@hci.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 13:00:08 JST chris martens

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     when you decide to create or work with a new material, you start by trying to use your existing tools with it, but sometimes they don't make sense and you have to invent new tools that are more compatible with the way the material encourages you to think about what you're doing and what's possible