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Subjects & themes.

Browse entries by recurring theme. Subjects emerge from the work — they are not categories imposed in advance.

Subjects · 7 Entries · 15
systems

Systems

Legibility, defaults, complexity, and the sociology of software.

  • № 048 On legibility, and the cost of making things clear. APR 2026
  • № 002 Infrastructure as assumption APR 2026
  • № 047 Quiet defaults. APR 2026
8 entries
essay

Essay

Longer-form pieces on design, technology, and practice.

  • № 048 On legibility, and the cost of making things clear. APR 2026
  • № 046 The observer is never the observed. MAR 2026
  • № 044 Compression as a moral act. FEB 2026
5 entries
notes

Notes

Shorter observations, field reports, and working notes.

  • № 047 Quiet defaults. APR 2026
  • № 045 Field notes VII — a week without inbox. MAR 2026
  • № 049 What we counted, and what the data said. JAN 2026
5 entries
inference

Inference

Measurement, metrics, model behavior, and epistemic limits.

  • № 046 The observer is never the observed. MAR 2026
  • № 044 Compression as a moral act. FEB 2026
  • № 041 In praise of slow inference. JAN 2026
4 entries
field

Field

On-the-ground accounts and case studies from real projects.

  • № 045 Field notes VII — a week without inbox. MAR 2026
  • № 042 Seams. FEB 2026
  • № 049 What we counted, and what the data said. JAN 2026
4 entries
maps

Maps

Essays and notes tagged with "maps".

  • № 059 Leaflet & openstreet map APR 2026
1 entry
infrastructure

Infrastructure

Essays and notes tagged with "infrastructure".

  • № 002 Infrastructure as assumption APR 2026
1 entry