Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
Motivation
We want to adapt our environments
Environments matter. To do our best work and live our best lives, we need spaces that let us each express our unique potential.
A guitar maker sets up their workshop with their saws, hammers, chisels and files arranged just so. They can also build new tools as needed to achieve the best result—a wooden block as a support, or a pair of pliers sanded down into the right shape.
Over the years, a home cook gradually assembles a combination of knives, cutt...
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