26: Progress and APIs
After the high of last week's design breakthrough1 I now am trapped in the lightning sand of API usage and design. If you're just joining now this is A Warm...
25: Append-only notetaking
Today I'd like to talk to you about append-only logs, the simple data-structure behind some of the coolest peer-to-peer systems out there today. Then I'd...
24: Digging into some programming history
Last weekend I noticed a slew of fascinating papers pop up all over the place. I’d started searching for information on a couple different programming...
23: Implementing a map function
Last week I set myself two very vague goals: 1. Add a compiler to fancynote, i.e execute some kind of code in a notes file 2. Write an essay based on prompts...
22: Chugging along, looping with repls
Okay a first take at this new “worklog” style newsletter. What’s happening with Hyperlink.academy This week we “pushed to master” with the new...
21: What's Next
So to recap, last week I decided to go back to the project that started off this newsletter, Fancynote. Being incredibly dim, I decided to do this right as...
20: Getting back to plain text
What ever happened to Fancynote? The very first issue of this newsletter was about Fancynote, “a silly editor”. It was to be my tool for thought. A general...
19: Why my website's built with react
Warning: this is a bit of a technical one. Nerdery about web frameworks lies ahead. A couple days ago Tom MacWright1 published this article: Second-guessing...
18: Digital learning environments, Monome and Emacs
As I build the hyperlink.academy website, and we start to get specific about what it's going to look like, I've been drawing inspiration from other learning...
17: Tasks, Linetime, and Timelines
Hi all. This is an edition of A Warm Newsletter, written by me, Jared, about the things that I’m thinking about. This week I’m writing about task management....
16: Speakeasy and programing social networks
One of the most fun technical challenges of building the new hyperlink.academy website has been integrating it with Discourse. I've talked a couple times in...
15: Making an Ebook and Exploring Urbit
One of the my pleasures these past couple weeks have been videos like this one from J Kenji Lopez-Alt. It's incredibly soothing watching someone do something...
14: Databases, Maps, and Manuals
Here's that image I promised. I cheated a bit, as Celine made it, but I'm gonna use it anyway cause I love it. It's going into hyperlink.academy v2 as the...
13: Imagining new learning technologies
Things for an introverted, veteran-wfh-er are pretty much business as usual. If anything I've been getting more social interaction because of all the zoom...
12: Creativity in Crisis
It feels like a weird time to be writing a newsletter. But it also feels pretty essential that I keep doing so. One of the first things I retweeted since...
11: Trying out some structure
I spent the last week out in the finger lakes region of New York, hanging out with my family. I’m feeling really lucky we got a chance to spend that time...
10: The Tortoise and Hare both win
So. I refactored my website again. Y'all are the first to know! In short, I separated out "fast" and "slow" content. Fast content is something I write once...
9: Digital Housekeeping and Homesteading
Today I was cleaning up my computer. I had an old org-mode file that I used to store links in, and I needed to transfer them over to pinboard. I could've...
8: Indexes, Games, and Hyperlink.academy V2
Forgive me. If I were feeling better I would've written a shorter letter. Hi y'all. I spent a chunk of last week sick, and I'm still finding myself...
7: An internet barkeep and a blogchain bookclub
One the little things I started late last year was a forum. I launched it right before heading off on a family roadtrip, without a very clear picture of what...