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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/06/2026

In Gibson's novels (and in my own life in technology) all the most interesting things happen when users of technology (often without formal training or credentials) find ways to adapt the technology they use to suit their needs: pluralistic.net/2026/03/17/t... 13/

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Pluralistic: William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher (17 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/06/2026

This is why I remain an ardent fan of Hypercard, Scratch and other meta-tools that are designed to allow non-programmers to write software that exactly conforms to their desires. 14/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/06/2026

Whatever the apps produced by these tools lack in sophistication and efficiency is more than offset by the fact that they give everyday people the power to directly control the tools they rely upon. 15/

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In December, I re-reviewed HyperCard and came to a similar conclusion about LLMs perhaps being able to bring the promise of HyperTalk to a broader, even non-English-speaking, audience. That carrot of "English as a programming language" has always been tempting. stonetools.ghost.io/hypercard-mac/

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HyperCard on the Macintosh

There was once a tool so perfectly executed that careers, conventions, magazines, and entire companies were born from its vision and aesthetic.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I worked out a whole system for animating with Hypercard around 1990. Then it felt like it just went away.

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