Matt Webb
The surprising effectiveness of writing and rewriting
Primitive design
Micromorts
Four years of noting down my favourite words
Clues for software design in how we sketch maps of cities
Social Attention: a modest prototype in shared presence
Ancient magicians as innovation consultants
Hints towards a non-extractive economy
What the prototype tells you
aboutfeeds.com
Mutual appreciation
How would I improve RSS?
Like, just a post complaining that screens should be better
The Right Tools for the Job
A representational tension
The teleology of tool-building
Urban form and grain
Software often feels inevitable
Software often feels inevitable because its backstory is often invisible. We click a download link, run an installer, and suddenly have a new tool to use. Yet this conceals years of human decisions, experiences, and constraints shaping software outcomes that are in no way pre-destined.