The problem with dead reckoning
“Snow Storm” by J.M. Turner (from Tate Collection)
Simulated Annealing
Using metaheuristics as a metaphor for life. This product may contain: technology, design, societal consequences, gender issues, and occasional humor.
Latest posts
Building iOS Apps with Agents
This is a talk I presented at the AI Native Dev Meetup in London, March 2025. It’s geared towards any developers who want to learn more about coding agent workflows, but is especially relevant to anyone who’s tried AI-assisted web development and is wondering why mobile feels so much harder.
Writing as aliveness
This is the fourth part on writing as necessary friction.
Celebration of sunshine
This is my third year joining April Cools' Club where folks submit writing that's genuine and atypical. In this one I put on my amateur sociologist hat and go overboard in analyzing Wikipedia and Reddit data. For the past two years, check out Paris syndrome and the history of the Ninja Creami.
Writing as theory-building
This is the third part on writing as necessary friction.
Writing as synchronizing with reality
This is the second part on writing as necessary friction.
Writing as fitness exercise
This is the first part on writing as necessary friction.
Writing as necessary friction
Joseph Mallord William Turner (from Getty Open Content)
My reading habit
A friend recently asked in the responses to my annual book gifting tradition how I maintain my reading habit. I thought this was a very good question, one that I haven’t actually examined in detail before. Over the many years of tracking my reading, I’ve somewhat backed my way into a set of routines that work for me.
An ongoing list of great books
Every year, I choose the best books I’ve read and send a copy to loved ones to support my favorite authors and bookstores. It’s a really fun annual gift-giving tradition. You can read more about what’s involved here.