Andy Harbick

Co-founder BidWrangler. Restless thinker, tinkerer, builder, painter. Husband. Father of boys.

[Andy Harbick @aharbick]

@AidenHarbick Also I think you’re a bit above average… 😍

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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

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@AidenHarbick Bikes are loud on purpose. Harley tried to trademark their engine sound https://t.co/sbQBrmQgZy

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@arrington Not really hearing aids but iOS’s live listen helps boost voices in a noisy env https://t.co/izbngCFook

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Love a good nerd problem...
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@HarbickRiley Nope. Rather pedestrian fixing of the kitchen doorknob. 😂

[Andy Harbick @aharbick]

Millennia from now, after whatever happens to humanity has happened, an advanced civilization will find what remains and may conclude that WD-40 was an apex of human achievement. That stuff is magical.

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@DanielleMorrill Learning

[Shiree Harbick @sharbick]

It’s so great to be back at an in-person conference! #ASHA2021 Are you here? Wrap up the conference with my presentation!

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@JamesSattva Workin’ the beat saber! Hahah

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A second thread with thoughts on specific Oculus apps...

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This was my second go of trying this app and while I managed to figure out many of the tools it took me a long time to make anything... And I'm just not clear how I could ever get good at it. I need to try it socially.

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Thoughts about SculptrVR...

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I did have a conversation with a dude from the UK who works as a deckhand on a boat, is going to promoted to boatswain soon, has a 10yo daughter and is trying to learn about this VR thing. It was a genuinely novel and interesting experience that worked pretty well.

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Thoughts on AltspaceVR...

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I spent most of my time muted because it was weird to be in a space hearing a guy just typing away apparently unaware that his mic was on.

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The MOST interesting part was audio proximity. When you're within earshot you can hear conversations among the avatars, all of whom are clustered around each other like they might be if they were having a "real" conversation. They seemed to be talking about real stuff.

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This felt like the experience that had the most potential. There seemed to be MANY different types of places that you could wander around to. Not knowing the scope of what was available I just walked around to different places.

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Most (all?) collaboration apps have a poverty of imagination for what VR could do... They all try to reproduce the physical world. If all you have to offer is a strange whiteboard experience I think I'd rather a physical meeting or a 2D experience in a Google doc/Slack/etc.

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A thread with some general thoughts about an exploration of the Oculus (with some bias towards novel human interactions, collaboration, and learning)...

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It was a really basic room with whiteboards. As in my general thoughts, I think drawing is fatally flawed unless they can improve the tech.

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MeetinVR thoughts...