Site structure

How this site works

This site collects what survives a project.

Projects matter, but I’m usually more interested in what’s left afterwards: an observation, a principle, a method, a changed judgement or a question worth carrying into the next situation.

So the site separates different kinds of knowledge.

DomainsWhat I currently think.Domains hold my more settled positions on areas such as learning, design, technology, systems and space.
NotesArguments being developed.Notes usually begin with a tension, an observation or a distinction that seems worth a closer look.
GuidesIdeas made operational.A guide asks: if this idea matters, what should someone actually do differently?
Practice casesIdeas meeting reality.These document situations where constraints, institutions, people, technology and judgement collide.
Working propositionsIdeas not yet finished.Claims that seem useful enough to test but too early to treat as principles.
QuestionsThings I haven’t resolved.Some questions are more valuable kept open.
LibraryWhere the ideas came from.Sources that changed how I understand a problem, with a note on why each matters.
PursuitsThings that shape the work indirectly.Games, making, places, objects and practices that influence how I notice and think.

Taken together, they’re closer to a working knowledge system than a portfolio.

The aim is to show a worldview while it’s still being built.

Map

How they connect

Map of the site · experience becomes a position, a position is argued in notes and talks, and the arguments become guides and the framework. The library, cases, questions, propositions and pursuits run alongside every step.

Reading the labels

Two labels, two questions

Not everything here claims the same certainty. Two labels say how much weight to put on what you’re reading: one for a whole page, one for a single passage.

For a whole page

How sure is this page?

A status label sits at the head of every domain, note, practice case, framework page and claim I’m unconvinced by, beside its dates. It also sits on the questions and propositions pages.

It looks like thisStatus Position

More settled

EstablishedStrongly supported by evidence or consensus.
PositionMy considered reading, based on evidence and practice.
From practiceLearned mainly by doing it many times.
Working propositionPromising, and still being tested.
Open questionDeliberately unresolved.
SpeculationExploratory thought with little evidence behind it yet.

More open

For one passage

What kind of claim is this?

An evidence mark sits beside a single passage inside a note, where the kind of claim changes partway through an argument. The rule to its left, not its colour, tells the four apart.

Research suggests
External findings, from studies and reviews.
My interpretation
My own reading of what the findings mean.
In practice
Judgement learned from doing the work.
Open question
A point the argument leaves unresolved.

How it’s made

This site is built to be both an archive and a working surface.

Ideas get revised as my understanding changes. Publishing something doesn’t mean it’s finished.

Pages that change materially show their latest revision date.

Where evidence matters, I try to separate external findings from my own interpretation and from judgement learned in practice.

The guides, talks, field guides, phrasebooks and playbooks are self-contained HTML files, each a deck and an article in one. They open in their own tab because they have their own controls.

The site runs no analytics script at present.

Every change worth noting is in the site history.

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