The 100th time is a project that crosses the topics of learning, documentation and play, with the goal of researching alternative uses of technology.
Doing things a 100 times shows how repetition is an essential step to becoming familiar with something new and unknown.
The first published outcome of "the 100th time" is a manual that narrates the story of repurposing a Chromebook.
Occupying the space of a service manual, I've inserted additional information related to the DELL Chromebook 11 3120, including a bigger context of what Chromebooks are and the way they are designed for disposal and un-repairability.
Referencing and reworking official and unofficial documentation, the manual uses humor and play, in the forms of annotation and illustrations, to describe the incredible struggle to repair this specific device, which consists in making hardware and software modifications in order to unlock the computer and use it beyond its artificial expiry date.
You can read and download the manual here.
All drawings are done by me, using the trackpad of the DELL Chromebook 11 3120 and Noodle, a small drawing tool by hundredrabbits.
The trackpad font in use is called 'testtype' and it is made by Xiaoyuan Gao.
