The Making of Making Sense

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night

In which I decamp from Substack to Buttondown, and announce a new format for the newsletter.

Jan 19, 2024 • 

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October 2023

Computers, Amirite?

Like I said, a rapid-fire strafing of ideas and occurrences. Really.

Oct 27, 2023 • 

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September 2023

Inventor's Paradox

Last week in Intertwingler.

Sep 20, 2023 • 

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Pivot

Now that the Summer of Protocols is in the rear-view mirror, it's time to tee up the rest of the year.

Sep 9, 2023 • 

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August 2023

Dog Days

As Summer of Protocols draws to a close, it's time to think about outcomes.

Aug 21, 2023 • 

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April 2023

Conference

Preliminary report from IA Conference 2023, Chapter 7 of The Nature of Software coming soon, and Some Personal News™.

Apr 27, 2023 • 

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March 2023

Confluence

Big update of many threads coming together: my upcoming Information Architecture Conference talk, a new chapter of The Nature of Software, and what's…

Mar 21, 2023 • 

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January 2023

Privacy by Design

Meditating on what it would take to design information systems that gave third parties only the information they needed to operate.

Jan 29, 2023 • 

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December 2022

Canada Gooped

In which our intrepid protagonist really steps in it.

Dec 22, 2022 • 

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November 2022

Muskus/Domesticus 🐀

Or: Who Moved My Cheese? Twitter Edition

Nov 4, 2022 • 

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September 2022

The Value of Time (and Information)

In which I consider some work that I did and what it would be worth in different contexts, as well as why I did it.

Sep 29, 2022 • 

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Trajectory

An update on what I've been up to this summer, plus an essay on the public's understanding of digital technology.

Sep 18, 2022 • 

Dorian Taylor

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