On: Girl and Computer: Reflecting on the journey that got me to where I am today

[FpUser]

>"...I swipe at the pages of a printed book, and wonder why they don’t turn..."

I once got into elevator, pressed wrong floor and then found myself staring at the rows of buttons looking for the one marked "Esc". I was overworked at the time.

[AnimalMuppet → FpUser]

I was looking at a building, wondering when it was built, and thought that I should click on Help/About and look for the copyright date...

[grahamburger → FpUser]

Often when I make a mistake on a whiteboard or on paper I have an instinctive urge to Cmd-Z.

[vishnugupta → FpUser]

Pinch and zoom physical book/papers. I do it regularly.

[clairity → FpUser]

i've sometimes absentmindedly expected to use a search interface to find stuff in my home, both physical stuff and (non-digital) content.

[drewzero1 → clairity]

Ctrl-f glasses!

I also have sometimes wished I could use an Internet Archive-like interface to see places at different times in the past, before buildings were torn down/new ones built/etc. Google Street View does this to an extent, but limited by what could be seen from a camera driving by.