Maggie makes visual essays about programming, design, and anthropology.
Designer, anthropologist, and mediocre developer
Currently leading design at
The Garden
A digital garden is a collection of imperfect notes, essays, and ideas growing slowly over time. Learn more
Essays
Opinionated, longform narrative writing with an agenda
The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
budding Essayover 1 year ago
Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects
budding Essayover 1 year ago
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
evergreen Essayalmost 3 years ago
A Short History of Bi-Directional Links
evergreen Essayabout 3 years ago
Notes
Loose, unopinionated notes on things I don’t entirely understand yet.
On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars
The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays
Spinning Worlds, Seasickness, and Dealing with Vestibular Neuritis
A Collection of Design Engineers
Gathering Structures
Speculative Calendar Events
Talk: The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
Squish Meets Structure: Designing with Language Models
Language Model Sketchbook, or Why I Hate Chatbots
Neologisms
Teenage Skeuomorphic Desktop Designs
Reverse Outlining with Language Models
Patterns
Design patterns gathered from my own observations and research.
Ambient Co-presence
Pattern4 months ago
Historical Trails
Pattern4 months ago
Computational Notebooks
Pattern12 months ago
Command K Bars
Patternover 1 year ago
Programming Portals
Patternover 1 year ago
Folk Interfaces
Patternover 1 year ago
Daily Notes Pages
Patternalmost 2 years ago
Programmable Notes
Patternabout 2 years ago
Spatial Web Browsing
Patternabout 2 years ago
Assumed Audiences
Patternover 2 years ago
Epistemic Disclosure
Patternover 2 years ago
Algorithmic Transparency
Patternover 2 years ago
Library
Books I’ve read and books I like the idea of having read.