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Why I've changed my view on AI in the last 3 months original ↗

10 Sept 2026

Ursula Le Guin is the only person who understands what is going on original ↗

14 Aug 2026

Vibe coding personal apps in mid-2026 original ↗

13 Aug 2026

On the frustration of agreeing with everyone about AI original ↗

17 Jun 2026

2024

Instalamb, my browser plugin to control Instagram original ↗

1 Sept 2024

My mind sampling results original ↗

5 Apr 2024

Announcing "Mindful Media Club"original ↗

7 Mar 2024

A week making something each day original ↗

27 Feb 2024

2023

Netatmo smart thermostat! How much gas I saved last winter, and how to automate it to turn off when out (not using IFTTT)original ↗

7 Nov 2023

The little differences between Android and iOS in 2023 original ↗

1 Nov 2023

What is high-quality about the data that trained generative AI?original ↗

7 May 2023

This kind of rosy yellow glow in my head original ↗

26 Mar 2023

2022

Art I enjoyed in 2022 - top eight original ↗

30 Dec 2022

On intuition's relationship to rationality via language original ↗

30 Dec 2022

2021

Blind-sided original ↗

16 May 2021

2019

Pressure cooked split black urad dhal original ↗

20 Oct 2019

2018

Brainstorming a better YouTube recommendation algorithm original ↗

7 Oct 2018

A cycle home along the river original ↗

20 Apr 2018

2017

On using a variety of information services original ↗

5 Dec 2017

A thousand times an ant colony of fifty times a cat original ↗

24 Nov 2017

A fugue on authoritarian high modernism original ↗

29 Oct 2017

The peace to know what you don't know original ↗

11 Oct 2017

Email review #1: FastMail original ↗

12 Feb 2017

Textures and colours, India original ↗

11 Feb 2017

A short walk around Vote Leave's software VICS original ↗

2 Feb 2017

Hindu holy mountain #2: Arunachala original ↗

11 Jan 2017

Rant on the failure of news media original ↗

1 Jan 2017

2016

Notes on a meditation original ↗

21 Dec 2016

Hindu holy mountain #1: Pavagadh original ↗

18 Dec 2016

First, do no harm original ↗

18 Dec 2016

In praise of temple elephants original ↗

16 Dec 2016

Scouring pad original ↗

13 Dec 2016

Houses like trees original ↗

22 Nov 2016

Changing money original ↗

13 Nov 2016

Communal pets original ↗

11 Nov 2016

Zero marginal cost original ↗

24 Oct 2016

Sea. Sunlight. Calm. Trees. Laughter.original ↗

11 Oct 2016

On finding political axes using maths original ↗

22 Jul 2016

2015

History of libraries original ↗

26 Nov 2015

Don't play the game, mutate the board original ↗

19 Nov 2015

Sync/Backup workshop at Redecentralize Conference original ↗

7 Nov 2015

Making our information society safe and fair original ↗

30 Aug 2015

Those brief moments when winning seems possible original ↗

7 Aug 2015

"I find politics inaccessible": User testing voter advice apps original ↗

25 Apr 2015

Why I'm collecting every MP candidate's CV original ↗

21 Mar 2015

The advert wars original ↗

24 Feb 2015

Which web development tools are commodities?original ↗

21 Feb 2015

Promising to make software safer original ↗

28 Jan 2015

Long, cold cyberwar original ↗

24 Jan 2015

2014

I blinked and missed 6 exciting things in the last 20 years of space original ↗

4 Nov 2014

An email to Nicholas original ↗

26 May 2014