From the Notebook | Weekstarter 33-2026
Weekstarter is back after an unplanned break. Come and get your weekly updates, links, recommendations, and notes from all the things I've been thinking about lately.
Weird and Deadly Interesting
Personal blog and homepage of Ahmet Alphan Sabancı.
Latest posts
Thermochauvinism vs Adaptation | Weekstarter 27-2026
Weekstarter is here with the regular updates, links, and a quick note about why thermochauvinism is a term we should learn and think about.
Reading Lists Can Wait | Weekstarter 26-2026
Weekstarter is here and this week, along with the regular news and updates, I talk about why we all should figure out the difference between our reading lists and to-do lists.
Do You Want the Future? | Weekstarter 25-2026
A late Weekstarter with your usual updates, links, and some observations about the people who doesn't want the future and do their best to slow anyone who wants to build better worlds.
Bring Your Own System | Weekstarter 23-2026
After a long unintended break, Weekstarter is back with your usual updates, cool things and why I need a personal system and set of routines, because that's what I've been thinking about a lot lately.
The Need for Anti-Dystopias | Weekstarter 19-2026
A late Weekstarter but it has all the updates and notes for the week. And some notes about the anti-dystopia concept and why it's a concept everyone needs to learn.
Quality Filters | Weekstarter 17-2026
Weekstarter is here with the regular updates, some links and why we all need better quality filters for the media and information we're consuming.
Business of One Problems | Weekstarter 16-2026
Weekstarter is here with the usual updates, things I've found, and some notes about the problems anyone running a business of one, like me, should be prepared for.
Burial-London Connection Part 2
An unexpected follow-up to my blog post about the relationship between music and the cities from 2019.
Here For The Music | Weekstarter 14-2026
I'm resigning from the discourse. Weekstarter is here with your usual and unusual updates, recommendations, and some notes about why "The street finds its own uses" should be our approach to the technology.