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The Discipline of Noticing

Every interface is designed to take your attention. The craft worth practising is what you do with the attention that's left.

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Against the Feed
Against the Feed

Against the Feed

The feed was meant to show us the world. Mostly it shows us the version of ourselves most likely to keep scrolling.

2026-06-01 · 6 min read

Field Notes on Software

A short series on the craft of building things people use - what makes a tool quiet, honest, and worth keeping. Three parts, read in order or not.

On Reading

A short series on reading deliberately in an age built to distract - and on choosing, on purpose, whose words get your attention.

Mara Ellison

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