April 2025
I Watch Bright Things Unfold Themselves
All I really have to report this week is that I like a single sentence that I wrote. Sometimes just the one is enough!
Surface Without Substance | 2509
With its smooth, depthless glass, the smartphone is the ultimate surface. It denies the body its place in the interface.
Easter ’25
I went back down to the chalk on Wednesday last week and was really blessed by the weather.
AI UX: Pixel Agents, Talking Cars, and Moving Eyes
An exploration of AI companions, personified agents, and how virtual worlds and hardware interfaces are reshaping human-AI relationships.
Nearly Finished Business
Since the start of the year I’ve been on a bit of a mission. One aspect of which has been to finish all the books I had in progress.
Leaving Worlds Behind | 2508
To run a world is to be responsible for its edges as much as its centre.
Marking the Occasion :: 100425
I wrote a long post last year reflecting on the 15th anniversary of this website, but let its ‘Sweet Sixteen’ last month pass by unremarked.
Sitting This One Out
This post began as a journal entry—and ended up a prose poem. It’s about choosing not to perform panic online.
Heavy Things
Anu’s essay Make Something Heavy over on the Working Theorys newsletter has been making waves in my media sphere this week.
Practice Makes Progress | 2507
Another reflection in my long running ‘Artist’ series, on why the journey matters more than the destination. Creation begets creation. Practice makes progress.
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