What Does “Tech with Heart” Mean to You?
An invitation to share your thoughts and stories
Twenty.
That’s how many notes I’ve sent out into the world so far.
If Substack gave badges, maybe I’d have a little “20” pin glowing right now — not for the number itself, but for what it represents: showing up, writing, and sharing thoughts with you, week after week.
When I chose the name Tech with Heart, it was a hunch.
I believed technology didn’t have to feel cold, mechanical, or distant. That it could carry warmth, empathy, and presence.
Over nineteen posts, I’ve shared my reflections on that idea — sometimes through stories, sometimes through questions, sometimes by noticing the everyday paradoxes of living with devices always within reach.
But here’s the truth: my view of “tech with heart” is only one version.
What matters even more is how you see it.
This space becomes alive when it carries not just my words, but yours.
So today, for post number twenty, I want to flip things around and ask you directly:
What does Tech with Heart mean to you?
Maybe it’s the feeling of closing your laptop so you can be fully present with someone you love.
Maybe it’s when a tool — an app, a program, a little piece of code — makes your life smoother in a way that feels almost like kindness.
Maybe it’s the way AI excites you and unsettles you all at once, reminding you that technology is never just about efficiency, but also about imagination and limits.
Or maybe it’s something much smaller: the joy of choosing when to disconnect.
There’s no single answer, and that’s the beauty of it.
Each person here has a different relationship with technology.
Some of you build it, some of you teach it, some of you simply live with it woven into your everyday routines.
That diversity is what makes this community meaningful.
I’d love to hear your thoughts.
A sentence, a fragment, a little story — it doesn’t have to be long.
I invite you to share whatever comes to mind when you hear the phrase Tech with Heart.
Drop it in the comments, or reply privately if that feels more comfortable.
In a future note, I’d love to bring some of your responses together, not to pin down a single definition, but to hold up the range of voices that make this idea richer than I could ever capture alone.
So here we are, twenty posts in.
If the first nineteen were me sketching out what Tech with Heart could be, then this one is me handing you the pen.
I can’t wait to see what you write with it.
Thank you for being here. Really.
You, my dear reader, mean more than words can say.
I think to me, "tech with heart" means creating technology with the benefit of people and the planet in mind. Not "how do we exploit human and natural resources," but "how do we bring positivity to the world?". It feels like in 2025, orgs like Meta and Microsoft are less companies, and more empires, expanding and forcing their will across borders and at great expense to people and the planet.
"Tech with heart," to me, looks like smaller platforms, built to help the local community first, and scaled only in ways that are responsible ethically and environmentally.
Congrats on reaching twenty not just for the number, but for the care and presence behind each note. It’s clear you’ve been building more than a newsletter; you’ve been building a rhythm of reflection that invites connection.
When I hear Tech with Heart, I think about technology as a quiet companion one that should soften the edges of our days instead of sharpening them. It’s in those small moments: when a tool makes something feel lighter instead of heavier, when a message arrives at the right time and reminds us we’re not alone, or when choosing to disconnect feels like an act of presence rather than absence.
To me, “with heart” means technology that doesn’t just solve problems, but creates space space for empathy, for imagination, for the human pulse to come through.