#cartography

A Pattern Language

You don’t need templates, advice, rules, or Rick Rubin; you need to become fluent.

Oct 13, 2024 • Michael Dean

Turning the Ur pattern into code

Jul 16, 2024 • Michael Dean

Your essay is a building in a fuzzy cultural map

May 22, 2024 • Michael Dean

deriving religion

on being spiritual but not linguistic

May 20, 2024

new typewriter & thoughts on life phases

Apr 20, 2024

4-part punctuation

splicers, joiners, innies, and outies

Apr 4, 2024

A collection of underrated, misunderstood, and urgent words

Mar 9, 2024

The secret architecture of great essays

Oops, I'm writing a textbook.

Nov 28, 2023 • Michael Dean

A 17 unit-tour, Zillow in VR, the future of the Internet (logloglog #6)

Sep 22, 2023 • Michael Dean

More TikTok, GPT-Philosophy, Fuzzy Maps, Cyclical History

Aug 9, 2023 • Michael Dean

The 1,000 Day Molt

How to Make Decisions Like an Insect

Feb 23, 2023 • Michael Dean

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