<![CDATA[Sneak peak.]]>Sneak peak.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/721e95f2-3e46-454c-a072-05aa7924d4dc/sneak-peak.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:17:12 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2026 16:07:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 14 May 2026 14:40:03 GMT]]>@Kroc Bring moar photos.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/amoroso/statuses/116573444735769910https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/amoroso/statuses/116573444735769910Thu, 14 May 2026 14:40:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 14 May 2026 14:35:41 GMT]]>You’re probably real tired of these same-same photos but I am still working on the book (https://camendesign.com/nomad) despite less crowing about it. It is very nose-to-the-grindwheel stuff and abating the distractions is paramount to getting anything done, which is why this 25 year old AA-powered palmtop slams your average Android tablet to the floor.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116573427584228697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116573427584228697Thu, 14 May 2026 14:35:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:38:56 GMT]]>This is the book I’ve been writing using the : https://camendesign.com/nomad

It’s about a nomad from an uncontacted tribe crossing a desert to see civilization for the first time, except this is a sand-glass the size of Earth… the

You can download the free PDF / ePub with 60 pages. If you want more, I’ve just posted the current manuscript with an additional 100 pages on the Patreon, ~45’000 words total written over the last 5 months.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116495819485403839https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116495819485403839Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:38:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:28:58 GMT]]>@Kroc
I love that design.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116494836574398722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116494836574398722Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:28:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:05:20 GMT]]>@Kroc @me_ Lovely. Aside from the obviously truncated ones like tab and enter, are the keys on that the normal size?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/116494507735082547https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/116494507735082547Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:05:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:06:16 GMT]]>@Kroc Why can't we get the people bending over backwards to make the thinnest mobile phone with the bulkiest cameras revisit the Psion form factor?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://merveilles.town/users/tbsp/statuses/116494275445001114https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://merveilles.town/users/tbsp/statuses/116494275445001114Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:06:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:54:08 GMT]]>@Kroc the screen on the Psion looks much better! It always amazes me how expensive these distraction free writers are!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.alexhyett.com/users/alex/statuses/01KQF78AZ2WMK0ASV552Z4SN8Phttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.alexhyett.com/users/alex/statuses/01KQF78AZ2WMK0ASV552Z4SN8PThu, 30 Apr 2026 12:54:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:40:52 GMT]]>Meanwhilst, in the hyper-advanced future of 2026...

(https://zerowriter.ink/pages/zerowriter-fold)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493703745062917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493703745062917Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:40:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:17:06 GMT]]>@Kroc I loved my 5 so much! Still a bit sad that I sold it all those years ago.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/drmikepj/statuses/116493374325364532https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/drmikepj/statuses/116493374325364532Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:17:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:16:34 GMT]]>@Infoseepage This is why I refuse to give up my 3 & 4. Can’t bloody stand the touch-screen ones, what a massive step backwards — for what!? A few cents of plastic? I’m only using an old Paperwhite 3rd gen because I got it free from a family member and the backlight is useful but they should never have gotten rid of the buttons.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493372258485023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493372258485023Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:16:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:06:57 GMT]]>@Infoseepage Let’s not forget the leather!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493334455571591https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493334455571591Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:06:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:54:48 GMT]]>@Kroc Always was a piece of GORGEOUS design, that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/recantha/statuses/116493286679102278https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/recantha/statuses/116493286679102278Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:35:24 GMT]]>Grabbing lunch. Included a side-shot this time to give you an idea of the device’s profile: it doesn’t simply open calm-shell style but instead slides the keyboard tray outward and brings the centre-fold inwards to give it a more comfortable typing position, and stability — the centre-fold is *not* at the back of the device! Psion won a design award for this piece of engineering.

No modern device is doing this.
They did it in 1997.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493210373542412https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116493210373542412Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:35:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:04:11 GMT]]>@Kroc Unsurprisingly, this means that the alternatives have not taken off (USD $100k/mo in donations on Liberapay, $25m/mo in publicly visible donations on Patreon so 250 times greater). Patreon also poisoned the well by pivoting from "donate to keep something free online, possibly get something cheap in exchange" to "sell your whole back catalogue or services as a subscription." This is because Patron took VC money and the money men wanted a big payout, but it makes some patrons needy.. 2/2

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scholar.social/users/bookandswordblog/statuses/116489312787083859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scholar.social/users/bookandswordblog/statuses/116489312787083859Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:04:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:55:17 GMT]]>@Kroc ooh, excuse for a political economy infodump! The short version is that under Bush II and Obama, the USA took control over international electronic payments to 'fight terrorism' (and let Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Stripe collect rents). The EU is undermining that but right now the crowdfunding services like liberapay, subscribestar, and ghost are wrappers around a few American financial services companies. 1/2.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scholar.social/users/bookandswordblog/statuses/116489277799253326https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scholar.social/users/bookandswordblog/statuses/116489277799253326Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:55:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:39:57 GMT]]>@Kroc how old is this machine back in Russia the calculators used to be the size of our main frames and you would line up to use one

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/3corns/statuses/116488981567926149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/3corns/statuses/116488981567926149Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:39:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:45:07 GMT]]>@dichotomiker No comparison I’m afraid. As much as I love to see new palmtop devices available ( hasn’t even shipped yet), there’s still nothing that comes close to the Psion, both in terms of hardware or software. Nobody is seriously going to write a book on a PocketMage with a membrane keyboard. I _am_ writing a book on the however, in the here and now, not in future promises.

Trust me, I want an affordable, open, palmtop writing platform more than most but it’s still an issue of design and intent before we even get to the hardware. A complete replacement for the Psion is still several years away.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116486878487281853https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116486878487281853Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:45:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:15:45 GMT]]>@Kroc We have 3d printers, SoCs, OLEDs and orderable switches. Where are the products?

oops there they are: https://nerdculture.de/@bonkers/116483156961842289 https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116483216416855524

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dresden.network/users/dichotomiker/statuses/116486763052099802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dresden.network/users/dichotomiker/statuses/116486763052099802Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:15:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:36:47 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou @Kroc sniff, yeah I loved my Psion 3, until I left it in a hotel room and never found it again. 😢

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ivor.org/users/ivor/statuses/116484014579727240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ivor.org/users/ivor/statuses/116484014579727240Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:36:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:34:47 GMT]]>@Kroc
I can somehow feel the keyboard just by looking at the image

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/jarmuszz/statuses/116484006713959795https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/jarmuszz/statuses/116484006713959795Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:34:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:56:27 GMT]]>@benjamineskola @Kroc I've got two (the one that got me through uni and an eBay spare) say waiting for me to replace their guts with something a little more modern... The quality of engineering in there is amazing though

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Funcan/statuses/116483855959854527https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Funcan/statuses/116483855959854527Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:56:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:35:08 GMT]]>@Kroc The stylus is stuck in mine. But the keyboard is awesome.

Runs off 2 AA batteries, and has a serial port.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/severtz/statuses/116483772122344678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/severtz/statuses/116483772122344678Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:35:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:12:25 GMT]]>@Kroc that’s an incredible keyboard for a mobile device.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/benjamineskola/statuses/116483682808576316https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/benjamineskola/statuses/116483682808576316Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:12:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sneak peak. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:15:05 GMT]]>@Kroc
My grandpa had one.
It taught me how Solitare works (unlike the Windows port).]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fe.disroot.org/objects/174e5ecd-073e-4785-b927-08fb94ccaff4https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fe.disroot.org/objects/174e5ecd-073e-4785-b927-08fb94ccaff4Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:15:05 GMT