Explore the surprising connection between our mobile devices and traditional textile crafts in ‘The Fabric of Interface: Mobile Media, Design, and Gender.’ Stephen Monteiro reveals how the manual dexterity, pattern-making, and linking skills used for handlooms, needlepoint, and quilting are mirrored in our everyday interactions with smartphones and tablets. Discover how metaphors like ‘weaving code’ and ‘threaded discussions’ point to deeper links between digital communication and ‘homecraft.’ This insightful book examines the gendered nature of networked culture, the historical role of textile techniques in computing, and the digital labor of liking and tagging, drawing parallels to collective production like quilting bees. A must-read for understanding the tactile, gendered, and historical dimensions of modern digital media.