Maggie makes visual essays about programming, design, and anthropology.
Designer, anthropologist, and mediocre developer
Currently leading design at
The Garden
A digital garden is a collection of imperfect notes, essays, and ideas growing slowly over time. Learn more
Essays
Opinionated, longform narrative writing with an agenda
The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
budding Essay9 months ago
Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects
budding Essay10 months ago
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
evergreen Essayover 2 years ago
A Short History of Bi-Directional Links
evergreen Essayover 2 years ago
Notes
Loose, unopinionated notes on things I don’t entirely understand yet.
Squish Meets Structure: Designing with Language Models
Language Model Sketchbook, or Why I Hate Chatbots
Talk: The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
Neologisms
Teenage Skeuomorphic Desktop Designs
Reverse Outlining with Language Models
Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI
The Dark Forest and the Cozy Web
A Digital Anthropology Reading List
Joining Ought
Positioning Elements & Scrollytelling in CSS
The Block-Paved Path to Structured Data
Patterns
Design patterns gathered from my own observations and research.
Computational Notebooks
Pattern5 months ago
Command K Bars
Pattern10 months ago
Programming Portals
Pattern11 months ago
Folk Interfaces
Patternabout 1 year ago
Daily Notes Pages
Patternover 1 year ago
Programmable Notes
Patternover 1 year ago
Spatial Web Browsing
Patternover 1 year ago
Assumed Audiences
Patternover 1 year ago
Epistemic Disclosure
Patternover 1 year ago
Algorithmic Transparency
Patternover 1 year ago
Library
Books I’ve read and books I like the idea of having read.