Tiffany Ng

Incredibly excited for this

#37 rising in Technology on Substack! Great day :)

"When I played the dial-up jingle out loud in a coffee shop (accidentally), I felt a scattered wave of winces, like a frequency only older folks could hear."

cybercelibate.substack.com/p/obituary-f...

Yesterday I found a manuscript I wrote 40 years ago

Typed on an IBM selectric, only 1 copy (odd pages & a few chapters were all I had left)

Believed I mistakenly threw it out late 80’s

For decades this belief pissed me off considerably, so much work

I can’t contain my excitement & had to share

i love it

Obituary for dial-up internet I learned what dial-up internet is (was) yesterday

i learned what dial up internet is (was) yesterday

Bring back internet surfing Stop doomscrolling, go down a wikipedia hole

the doomscroll has made us forget about the joys of clicking through internet rabbit holes

'"stay hungry. stay foolish" - stewart brand' — steve jobs

maybe today's the day I start changing how I write to avoid getting flagged as AI (I love to use an "it stands as...")

vibe coding is literally the antithesis of FORTH programming

went on holiday with no plan, no google maps, and no internet!!
tinyurl.com/cybercelibate

I... started a substack! Each month, I'll quit a piece of tech for its more archaic counterpart. In between, I'll be exploring the indie web and all things neo-luddite :)

Follow my vow of digital chastity: cybercelibate.substack.com

I printed my Instagram feed for a month Didn't quit social media, just the infinite scroll

I quit the infinite scroll!

Read the first installment of my vow of digital celibacy substack.com/home/post/p-... (I'm giving up a piece of tech for its more archaic counterpart)

Mountainhead makes me miss Silicon Valley

Syracuse librarian popularized 'surfing the internet' YouTube video by syracuse.com

surfers once beefed with the librarian who coined the term "surfing the internet" — no! one! is! safe !

Internet Phone Book — Are.na Store Issue One, 2025. By Kristoffer Tjalve and Elliott Cost.   An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of d...

internet phone book! internet phone book!!!

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honorable mentions:
- rolling die
- entering multiples of pi
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Can't stop thinking about the 2017 reddit blip where we decided to compete in designing the worst volume controls possible. My personal favourite — having to scream your audio level

The Best Programming Language for the End of the World Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

My WIRED feature debut in print! Timely, since the world seems to be ending

I've been carrying this (beat up) tote for a decade, so to see my byline next to those whom I've read all these years is a real treat :')

Special thanks @amitkatwala.bsky.social
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The Best Programming Language for the End of the World Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

Wonderful Tiffany Ng piece about the Forth programming language ...

... and Collapse OS, an operating system "for the end of the world"

www.wired.com/story/forth-...

Oh this just made my day! Thanks for the kind words, Clive!