Hey,

Welcome to this week’s Experiments in Progress issue.

This week’s issue is about the friction we don’t talk about enough. Tech has never been better and it’s never been this annoying to live with.

In this issue:

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TI love tech. I use a lot of it every day. And honestly, most of it is incredible.

And that’s exactly why it drives me insane sometimes.

Here’s what keeps annoying me:

Everything needs charging now.

Phones. Tablets. Watches. Rings.
Whoop. Controllers. Glasses.
Even water bottles.

Watches are the worst offenders.
Different shapes. Different docks. Different cables.
Every brand decided their charging solution was special.

Phones and tablets are finally standardising on USB-C, which is great.
But the rest of the ecosystem? Absolute chaos.

You’re always thinking: Did I charge that? Do I have the right cable? Is this thing going to die on me today?

I genuinely love the Ray-Ban display glasses.

Not enough to stop me using them, just enough that I’m aware they’re there.

This is a recurring theme with modern tech:
amazing functionality, slightly uncomfortable execution.

And once you notice it, you can’t un-notice it.

I love the idea of cross-platform ecosystems.

And in theory, we’re closer than ever.

Some Android phones let you AirDrop-style share with a Mac.

And then… you hit a wall.

Because it works sometimes. And only in specific combinations. And never quite the way you expect.

The Viture XR glasses are an incredible travel companion.

Perfect for flights.

So now you’re choosing between:

Again incredible tech, compromised by friction.

Samsung and LG make fantastic TVs.

The panels are fantastic.
The picture quality is incredible.
From a hardware perspective, they’re top-tier.

Menus feel cluttered.
Sometimes the simplest action takes more steps than it should.

It’s frustrating because this is the kind of thing that matters every single day and it’s often the weakest part of otherwise great hardware.

I love Gemini AI.
It’s genuinely powerful.

But I hate that it’s locked to a single account.

Yes, I know — privacy, data security, permissions, etc.
But from a user perspective, the limitation is still frustrating.

I love the iPhone.

But it’s hard to ignore how slowly it’s progressing compared to other brands.

Other phones are pushing:

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