Maybe it's less about machine-legible artifacts and more about where humans stay in the loop.

On Pierre Hadot and why it’s worth writing about what cannot be said.

What do we lose when we default to crafting our written words using purely digital tools?

Four fallow weeks, Aristotle's scholê, and leisure as a capacity rather than a quantity.

Official website: http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters | #AmericanMastersPBS #maryoliver #poetry #poem #writing Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize...

On ukuleles, jukeboxes, and the joys of durable things.

On perseverance and care as anti-slop.

I have a few things to write about, but am now conscious of what ought to be going here and what ought to be going into the manuscript… so, instead of more stuff about governance and the problem facto...

A list, in no particular order, of things I think more people should try or know about.

Snow, rest, and the strange drug of ungrounded, non-sentient language.

Umwelts, oozification and the changing experience of programming at the hands of AI.

AI coding agents are important because they fundamentally alter what it is like to program. That is what this essay is about: not whether this transformation is good or bad for programmers as a labor ...

Introducing my new newsletter: moon gazing, reading strategies, recommended books and e-ink typewriters.

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A novel about a computer that writes poetry offers a glimpse into new ways to think about relationships with AI.

A recap of my year and a brief look at trajectories for 2026.

on writing as practice, internet fiction, and the right to be untalented

Ruminations on the many metaphors used for LLMs, and bit about Borges.

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Three books I think are worth your time.

Parallels between the atomization of two scarce "resources," time and computation.

A visit with an old friend on a bike ride through Central Park leads to a deeper question: what's the difference between a hobby and leisure?

Inspired by Byung-Chul Han’s "The Scent of Time," this is an exploration of design interventions for contemplation and lingering.

How Paul Cézanne's methodological doubt and embodied approach to painting offers a phenomenological framework for design.

In which we explore how the phenomenology of parts and wholes can help us improve design decisions.