Research
A working journal for open lines of inquiry. Entries are short and dated: what I tried, what I found, and what I still don’t know. Arguments and opinions go to Notes. This page is for progress.
Streams
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Dynamicland-style computing in the studio: the room as the interface, with screens, keys, voice, paper, and hands.
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Plain-text systems, notebooks, and software that helps people think with files they own.
Each mark is one week, the last 26 of them, newest at right. Taller marks mean more entries.
Entries
2026
- Could AprilTags turn the Mega Alex into a screen? Ambient Computing · 024 · Question
- Could a projector on a gimbal point at any shelf? Ambient Computing · 023 · Question
- Can I just ask the studio? Ambient Computing · 022 · Question
- Thirty-six keys and six dials between the desks Ambient Computing · 021 · Progress
- Ask on the phone, answer on the wall Ambient Computing · 020 · Progress
- A wall screen that reports the studio Ambient Computing · 019 · Progress
- One brain, five surfaces Ambient Computing · 018 · Progress
- Lighting scenes come from the print workflow Ambient Computing · 017 · Progress
- First automations worth having Ambient Computing · 016 · Progress
- The air conditioners get IR blasters Ambient Computing · 015 · Progress
- Smart home is the low-hanging fruit Ambient Computing · 014 · Progress
- The desks get faders Ambient Computing · 013 · Progress
- The model's sun follows Rome time Ambient Computing · 012 · Finding
- Search flies the model to the shelf Ambient Computing · 011 · Progress
- Mega Alex is a layout, not a piece of furniture Ambient Computing · 010 · Progress
- Labels can double as Home Assistant tags Ambient Computing · 009 · Progress
- Which label makes a shelf findable? Ambient Computing · 008 · Question
- The studio catalog starts as plain files Tools for Thought · 001 · Progress
- Cataloging a drawer from a photograph Ambient Computing · 007 · Progress
- Search answers two questions only Ambient Computing · 006 · Progress
- Every color comes with a letter or a shape Ambient Computing · 005 · Progress
- Every shelf and drawer gets an address Ambient Computing · 004 · Progress
- Where did I put the soldering iron? Ambient Computing · 003 · Question
- The model trusts the drawing for walls and the photos for details Ambient Computing · 002 · Finding
- Starting a working twin of the Rome studio Ambient Computing · 001 · Progress