A Good Microwave Needs a Good Knob - What If It Were Good Tho? @malcolm_ocean
A Good Microwave Needs a Good Knob - What If It Were Good Tho?  @malcolm_ocean
Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
(If you want to see my take on "what if to-do lists were good tho?", I have not just a rant for you but a whole working app that can help you stay focused on what matters to you: https://intend.do)

EDIT: I now have an amazing Breville microwave with TWO knobs and it is very good: amzn.to/3rlpyLM Good one = "Breville BMO850BSS the Smooth Wave countertop microwave oven, Brushed Stainless Steel"

These unedited videos are for me to release my frustration. This one includes some discussion of design principles and different orders of control.

Here's the Bret Victor link I mention partway through: worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign

Shoutout to my love Sarah McManus for the original idea for the theme song at the beginning.

For search purposes, this microwave, that I'm NOT recommending unless you like turning knobs *slowly*, is a Galanz ExpressWave Sensor Microwave Oven, Patented Inverter Technology, 10 Variable Power Levels, Express Cooking Knob (GEWWD22S1SV125).
A Good Microwave Needs a Good Knob - What If It Were Good Tho?Friendly (/non-coercive) marketing exploration for Complice (with Rob Hardy @ungatedcreative)Premature Intimacy Bids and how to make them smootherSometimes intentions get stuck because theyre impossible given the constraintsTake a Moment (short guided meditation)Exploring a convo style 2×2 from high-involvement & high-considerateness w RiccardoThe Evolutionary Universe Becoming Aware of ItselfYou cant trust what you cant trust! (Is that obvious?) [NNTD]Announcing Complices rebrand to Intend (& thoughts on intentionality)Malcolm & Romeo discuss [[thinking that rejects other thinking]] and many related topicspillowtalkEveryone is living in a dream mashup (the school boat)
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A Good Microwave Needs a Good Knob - "What If It Were Good Tho?"

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