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Welcome to the thirty-first ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

Welcome to the thirtieth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

Welcome to the twenty-ninth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

I have been satisfied with various versions of my productivity trinity since the late 2000s: developing reflexes to note things down as they occur, put them where I'm likely to encounter them again, and deal with them at the appropriate moment; this served

Welcome to the twenty-eighth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

i'm beyond excited to present to you my (second) foray into podcasting, which i call Strolling. i published a trailer last week to describe it, but i wanted to wait until the first episode before sharing with everyone, and it's finally out https://strolli…

Welcome to the twenty-seventh ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

When it isn't possible to both make money and do something meaningful, I've always opted for the latter.

Welcome to the twenty-sixth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

After mentioning in my last birthday reflection how I wanted to avoid doing an end-of-year recap, I've decided to do an end-of-year recap… Ever since reading the Pinboard anniversary posts, I felt the urge to make one—the charts and odd commentary, uh, in…

I tend to describe modern life as 'fragmented'.

Welcome to the twenty-fifth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

Since 2013, I was using a website design with no visible words—icons only; it was an obsession with The icon is a promise and the perspective of words being 'limited' in expressing things.

Welcome to the twenty-fourth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

Thinking about how to integrate multiple systems while building community and sustainable income.

Welcome to the twenty-third edition of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

Since the first edition of Ephemerata, my intention was to share things that give a sense of my world and spur discussion, grouping them in a single digest to avoid overloading people with real-time messages.

Welcome to the twenty-second edition of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge.

For most of my life, I have not been so open to the idea of using technology to find romantic relationships.

Welcome to the twenty-first edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of ideas, learnings, links, and sounds.

Why I stopped making iOS apps after twelve years.

Presenting 'the simplest possible integrations' for the various protocols.

Rosano and Vivek invite you to a salon on creation and consumption becoming one.

Welcome to the twentieth edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of ideas, learnings, links, and sounds.

Originally presented at Tools for Thought Rocks on October 29, 2021 (with slides and timestamps).

I talk often about my apps, but rarely about how I use them to make things happen.

A while ago, after years of being "analytics-free", I decided to try Plausible Analytics and I want to share what led me to start thinking differently.

Welcome to the nineteenth edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of links, ideas, learnings, and sounds that I think are worth sharing.

Reflecting on why events are work, I realize that the exhaustion comes from doing too much on my own.

Experiments, works-in-progress & under construction, mundane or extraordinary.

I have thirty-three years today and feel inspired by Matt Mullenweg's "birthday posts" to start an annual reflection.

Interintellects Vidhika Bansal and Rosano invite you to reflect on the pivotal role technology plays in our lives, the trade-offs of its everpresence, and finding balance in the digital world.

Welcome to the eighteenth edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of links, ideas, learnings, and sounds that I think are worth sharing.

This year has marked the beginning of a shift in my approach: from doing virtually everything solo towards more collectivity and collaboration; the transition has barely begun and is still quite slow as I rewire myself to avoid what has become natural and…

What makes files composable and extensible?

Welcome to the seventeenth edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of links, ideas, learnings, and sounds that I think are worth sharing.

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of links, ideas, learnings, and sounds that I think are worth sharing.

A salon discussing pathways to overcome division.

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of Ephemerata, a weekly-ish digest of links, ideas, learnings, and sounds that I think are worth sharing.

Protocol differences, what it's like to build them, tradeoffs compared to traditional designs.