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 Essayabout 1 year ago
Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects
budding Essayover 1 year ago
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
evergreen Essayalmost 3 years ago
A Short History of Bi-Directional Links
evergreen Essayabout 3 years ago
Notes
Loose, unopinionated notes on things I don’t entirely understand yet.
Spinning Worlds, Seasickness, and Dealing with Vestibular Neuritis
A Collection of Design Engineers
Gathering Structures
Speculative Calendar Events
Talk: The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
Squish Meets Structure: Designing with Language Models
Language Model Sketchbook, or Why I Hate Chatbots
Neologisms
Teenage Skeuomorphic Desktop Designs
Reverse Outlining with Language Models
Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI
The Dark Forest and the Cozy Web
Patterns
Design patterns gathered from my own observations and research.
Ambient Co-presence
Pattern3 months ago
Historical Trails
Pattern3 months ago
Computational Notebooks
Pattern11 months ago
Command K Bars
Patternover 1 year ago
Programming Portals
Patternover 1 year ago
Folk Interfaces
Patternover 1 year ago
Daily Notes Pages
Patternalmost 2 years ago
Programmable Notes
Patternalmost 2 years ago
Spatial Web Browsing
Patternabout 2 years ago
Assumed Audiences
Patternabout 2 years ago
Epistemic Disclosure
Patternabout 2 years ago
Algorithmic Transparency
Patternabout 2 years ago
Library
Books I’ve read and books I like the idea of having read.