These days, most people take their devices for granted. As an antidote to this, I speak with fellow Microblogger and tech hobbyist, Andrew Canion. We share our early memories of computing, our current preferences, touch-typing origin stories and how we both ended up choosing the Mac as the hub of our digital lives. Last, we discuss where we’d like technology to go in the future.

Find Andrew Online

• Website: andrewcanion.com
• Micro.blog: blog.andrewcanion.com
• Twitter: @andrewcanion

Notes

• VZ-200
• Commodore 128
• Commodore 128d
• Commodore Amiga 500
• Power Macintosh 6500
• MacBook Pro
• iMac
• BeOS
• Linux
• Andrew’s first ISP, where he was introduced to Linux: APANA.org.au
• Packard Bell Navigator
• Mac OS X Lion (a controversial release, with numerous skeuomorphs but also beloved multi-touch gestures)
• OmniOutliner
• iMovie
• iTunes
• Launchbar
• SwitchGlass
• iAWriter
• Writing for the Web – markdown primer by Andrew Canion
• MailMate Review by Andrew Canion
• The Wonder of Choice by Martin Feld
• watchOS Independence by Martin Feld
• Further MP3 chapter artworks sources: AnandTech, New Atlas, Mac Observer and iStrike
• Featured image source: John Kahn at cdn.openphoto.net