Maggie Appleton

Data is currently dislocated – our narratives and metaphors around it try to convince us it is immaterial

Data is currently dislocated – our narratives and metaphors around it try to convince us it is immaterial

Notes on how to use the position property in CSS to make scrollytelling stories

Notes on how to use the position property in CSS to make scrollytelling stories

How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes

How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes

A few favourite books from the field of digital anthropology

A few favourite books from the field of digital anthropology

A collection of laws named for specific people in the field of programming

A collection of laws named for specific people in the field of programming

A collection of interesting words that have recently been coined

Notes on the history of cyborgs and why the idea still holds historical weight in Western narratives

A collection of interesting words that have recently been coined

Notes on the history of cyborgs and why the idea still holds historical weight in Western narratives

A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic

A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic

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

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

On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens

On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens

Notes on the basics of the Greensock animation llibrary

Notes on the basics of the Greensock animation llibrary

Digging into the work of Barbara Tversky and reading the literature around embodied cognition.

Digging into the work of Barbara Tversky and reading the literature around embodied cognition.

Illustrated notes on the key concepts of how Gatsby.js works

Illustrated notes on the key concepts of how Gatsby.js works

The failure of drawing materials without mediums and meat

The failure of drawing materials without mediums and meat

How to offend everyone with boundary-crossing steak and nuggets

How to offend everyone with boundary-crossing steak and nuggets

Illustrations made for a set of episodes of the Cultivated Meat podcast

Illustrations made for a set of episodes of the Cultivated Meat podcast

Illustrated notes on the idea of Gift Economies and cultural historys of economic exchange

Illustrated notes on the idea of Gift Economies and cultural historys of economic exchange

Notes on the metaphorical varieties of synecdoche and metonymy

Notes on the metaphorical varieties of synecdoche and metonymy

A video tour through how I build the old version of this site

A video tour through how I build the old version of this site

Mary Douglas defined dirt as matter out of place – the crossing of boundaries

Mary Douglas defined dirt as matter out of place – the crossing of boundaries

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

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

Illustrated notes on the Knowledge Hydrant guide to collaborative learning

Illustrated notes on the concept of 'Evergreen notes' and how to write them

Illustrated notes on the Knowledge Hydrant guide to collaborative learning

Illustrated notes on the concept of 'Evergreen notes' and how to write them

Questions I am often asked to answer

Questions I am often asked to answer

Notes on the academic field of CSCL and major papers in the discipline

Notes on the academic field of CSCL and major papers in the discipline