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Reading notes: bacteria to AI
Reading notes on cognitive assemblages, anthropocentrism, and the case for extending cognition beyond human consciousness, from bacteria to AI.
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Ideas waiting to germinate.
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A reading log for Bacteria to AI
Some kind of reading log for Bacteria to AI, and perhaps even a reminder to actually read.
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My changing role in an ultrasmall development team
Being PO, scrum master, prompt designer, tester, eval writer and UX designer in a team of 3 means rethinking roles and processes on a daily, almost hourly basis.
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The return of the button
Claude Code is reintroducing structured, constrained input: buttons, numbered options, limited choices. Which is actually IVR. And that might be exactly right.
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Thematic analysis as interaction model and research method
What if we modeled human-AI interaction on thematic analysis rather than conversation? And what if we used that same method to discover themes in a knowledge garden?
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Chatbots without AI
Can a chatbot-style UI work without generative AI, using decision trees, hyperlinking, and serendipity instead?
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Dutch-aware quantization
Standard quantization damages non-English languages disproportionately. A Dutch-first approach to model compression shows there's a better way.
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Embeddings for knowledge gardens: a research gap
Academic research on embeddings hasn't caught up with how PKM tools actually use them. There might be something worth writing here.
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Garden to do list
A living list of ideas and plans for this garden.
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Knowledge gardens and serendipity
Should a digital garden be searchable and useful, or is there beauty in letting people explore?
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Style guide for AI
Language rules for how I talk about AI in my work.
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The disappearance of authentic voice online
When did we stop caring about who actually wrote the words?
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Writing as a conversation with yourself
A mechanism that catches your train of thought. Something that responds in another space.
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AI as writing partner
What's the right metaphor for AI's role in my writing process?
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AI transparency in content
How should I indicate when content was made with AI — and share the prompts?
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How to build a digital garden
What if I wrote a comprehensive guide on how I built this site?
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Principles behind this garden
What design principles shaped this site — and why do they matter?
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