Seventy years ago we dreamed up links that would allow us to create two-way, contextual conversations. Why don't we use them on the web?

A Short History of Bi-Directional Links

A case study showing how I make illustrations for abstract programming concepts

How to Draw Invisible Programming Concepts: Part I

A history of our metaphorical understanding of the web

On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens

The lost permissioning and copyright system of the Web

Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project

Notes on the basics of the Greensock animation llibrary

How to use the Greensock animation library inside React using React hooks

Exploring ways to build social infrastructure around books and reading on the open web

A new role at an AI research lab working on tools for open-ended reasoning

How to write macros without touching the terminal

What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move

How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes

Notes on pattern languages and Christopher Alexander's legacy on software programming

Algorithms that make their reasoning visible

Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows

Adding spatial affordances to the experience of browsing the web