Maggie makes visual essays about programming, design, and anthropology.
Designer, anthropologist, and mediocre developer
Currently design engineering 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 Essayalmost 2 years ago
Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects
budding Essayalmost 2 years ago
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
evergreen Essayover 3 years ago
A Short History of Bi-Directional Links
evergreen Essayover 3 years ago
Notes
Loose, unopinionated notes on things I don’t entirely understand yet.
Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh
Leaving Elicit
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
Talk: The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History
On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars
The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays
Spinning Worlds, Seasickness, and Dealing with Vestibular Neuritis
A Collection of Design Engineers
Gathering Structures
Speculative Calendar Events
Squish Meets Structure: Designing with Language Models
Patterns
Design patterns gathered from my own observations and research.
Ambient Co-presence
Pattern9 months ago
Historical Trails
Pattern10 months ago
Computational Notebooks
Patternover 1 year ago
Command K Bars
Patternalmost 2 years ago
Programming Portals
Patternalmost 2 years ago
Folk Interfaces
Patternabout 2 years ago
Daily Notes Pages
Patternover 2 years ago
Programmable Notes
Patternover 2 years ago
Spatial Web Browsing
Patternover 2 years ago
Assumed Audiences
Patternover 2 years ago
Epistemic Disclosure
Patternalmost 3 years ago
Algorithmic Transparency
Patternalmost 3 years ago
Library
Books I’ve read and books I like the idea of having read.