#430: How Bridges are Built
Favorite apps, luddite clubs, and a metaphor for new vocations.
#389: Working with Your Hands
On tools, machines, and materiality.
#374: On AI-Assisted Writing
Cybernetic hero journeys and “artists” vs “creators”.
#370: Making the Mountain
The origins of my new short story.
#363: Tools and Platforms
Defining, discerning between the two.
#358: The Thrill of the Funct
On film scanners and backwards compatibility.
#357: The Slow Web, Ten Years Later
The revolution will not be another inbox.
#342: Sand for the Idol
Work, Gamification, and Samuel R. Delany's Nova.
#341: Glimpsing the Machine
That time I was a Lyft driver.
#327: Tin Men and Unintended Symbols
On reading The Annotated Wizard of Oz.
#323: For Yourself and Others
Being a steward for creative projects.
#319: Wendell Berry’s Tiny Little No
On rules for adopting new technology.
#236: On Efficiency
Downsides to a hyper-optimized life.
#159: Techno-Shabbat
#110: Mama Grace
#45: Unpaved Cowpaths
#33: Misunderstood
Late-night musings on an Apple ad.