Articles
Long reads, one a week.
Every essay started as a question in the replies or a thread that needed more room. Newest first.

Writing
Thread to essay: turning 12 posts into 2,000 words
Threads are drafts with an audience. Here is the exact process I use to turn one into a finished essay, with the template at the end.
9 min

Tools
The notes app I actually kept
Eleven apps in two years, one survivor. What it does well, what it refuses to do, and why that turned out to matter.
7 min

Writing
Draft one is for you
Three drafts, three readers. A short guide to deciding who each pass of an essay is really for.
6 min

Field notes
Walking the concrete tour
Two days, nine buildings and one very patient friend. Notes on architecture designed to be seen at walking pace.
8 min

Writing
How I plan a year of Thursdays
Fifty-two issues, planned in one afternoon. The spreadsheet, the rules, and the two slots I always leave empty.
10 min

The slow web
Reading on the web, again
RSS never left. A practical guide to building a calm reading setup that doesn’t decide what you see.
8 min

Writing
Office hours: what forty drafts taught me
For a year I read one reader draft a week, live. The same four problems came up again and again.
11 min
