2022 - To Read

Non-Bio ppl sometimes ask me how to get up to speed with Biology. Most recently, @PradyuPrasad. These ppl tend to be CS/Maths oriented.Their most common complaint is: “I find Biology interesting but gave up on learning it because it is so memorisation based.”Thread:— Ruxandra Tesloianu (@RuxandraTesloi1) May 8, 2022

What are some models for structuring knowledge that go beyond networks or graphs ... and to what degree can they be translated into data structures?— Codex OS (@codexeditor) May 10, 2022

A list of things I've noticed are important for end users but hard for programmers to understand or implement

Many beloved programming systems are image-based: self-contained worlds that persist both code and data in a single file. Examples include Smalltalk, LISP, HyperCard, Flash, and spreadsheets....

Explore a collection of video games UI interfaces, screenshots and videos. This creative tool is for video games lovers and game designers to get inspiration and help the creative process.

What I learned trying to keep up with my 4-year-old daughter at the royal game.

Behind the fall of David Sabatini, 'one of the greatest scientists' of his generation.

In which I announce that I’m going to write a book. Read more (3 min, 700 words).

1/Early today I tweeted about the lack of Don Norman's understanding of white supremacy & colonization, as reflected in an excerpt from his book. He slid into my DMs wanting to connect to learn more &...well...his patronizing arrogance supports my belief and then some. Receipts👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/qOyMBn2QKQ— Vivianne Castillo (@vcastillo630) February 28, 2022

Excited to get into publishing this, soon! pic.twitter.com/eHpvJ4xQjg— Alexander Obenauer (@alexobenauer) April 10, 2022

Considering a (first) visit to Ireland in late May.* What unusual / underrated activities should I consider?* What books should I read in preparation?* Assuming I can hear trad music by hanging out in pubs, how should I best enjoy the contemporary Irish music scene?— Andy Matuschak (afk thru 05/30) (@andy_matuschak) April 12, 2022

lots of good dublin based books. some options:at swim two birdsthe ginger mana star called henrynormal people (for a contemporary take)— Campbell Peters (@campeters4) April 14, 2022

Is "tools for thought" a scientific field? A design discipline? A "scene" in the arts? A tradition of craft? Day to day—what should I do today?—I feel pulled wildly between these framings.Newly unlocked "letter from the lab" on navigating this tension: https://t.co/tgzuvl4oC9— Andy Matuschak (afk thru 05/30) (@andy_matuschak) April 15, 2022

You might also enjoy this piece describing the "accountability" of design, and its associated epistemological ambiguity and "productive indiscipline": https://t.co/z9dyW1Zv4J pic.twitter.com/ClTBuqGTHF— Joel Chan is synthesizing knowledge (@JoelChan86) April 16, 2022

Appreciate your reflections as always! Reminds me of this model of HCI research as problem-solving that's been really helpful for me and my students grapple w/ how we are engaging in "research" (vs. engineering, and contra pure "science") pic.twitter.com/PRxllKTLFw— Joel Chan is synthesizing knowledge (@JoelChan86) April 16, 2022

"New museum concepts" is a great category: https://t.co/GReJZH5r8l— Michael Nielsen (@michael_nielsen) April 17, 2022

Scott's expands on this concept of "Attention Markets", which let him ignore low-quality appeals: https://t.co/Le1WfMfait— Manifold Markets (@ManifoldMarkets) April 18, 2022

Yes. The OS should be an outliner.https://t.co/UhBTHUOBpD— dave.rss (@davewiner) April 19, 2022

I love this! The reduction of thinking to just the formal nodes has been a major pitfall of argument mapping tools IMO, as far back as the original IBIS.Related: https://t.co/4zcNfZwXIE pic.twitter.com/5OUb2q8B4s— Joel Chan is synthesizing knowledge (@JoelChan86) April 23, 2022

New post, on my goals for the Substack: finding underrated opportunities for science/technology progress. https://t.co/5OTKOrkkJA— Sarah Constantin (11/100 Substack posts) (@s_r_constantin) April 25, 2022

My aims for this newsletter

The 2019 essay, "Why Books Don't Work" by @andy_matuschak completely changed the way I look at knowledge work. In the following years, I've hugely improved my screenwriting, productivity, and general brainstorming processes. Some of the insights I gained from it:— Faraz Abidi (@fzfromcupertino) April 25, 2022

Xi Jinping regularly exhorts China’s diplomats, propagandists, journalists, writers, filmmakers, and cultural figures to “tell China’s story well.”The slogan flows naturally from the operating assu…

Zoom calls inhibit creativity compared with in-person interaction @Nature https://t.co/FDNiowmaCg pic.twitter.com/ZffiscKdVk— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 27, 2022

pic.twitter.com/WOug0edvVd— Michael Nielsen (@michael_nielsen) May 4, 2022

I recently streamed a 5.5hr session of me building a prototype (for patrons). I've done a few of these now—I'm interested in how livestreams might help convey tacit knowledge, particularly in domains which are normally apprenticeship-oriented.Some observations on the medium:— Andy Matuschak (afk thru 05/30) (@andy_matuschak) May 5, 2022

Thanks to Foone and Microsoft, 3D Movie Maker is now open source.

I think Logo really shines when you rapidly move to things which would be difficult to do by hand. One of the easiest early examples is large-scale repetition, especially repetition+scaling to make fractal patterns.— Andy Matuschak (afk thru 05/30) (@andy_matuschak) May 5, 2022

OKAY *cracks knuckles* i’ve got a glass of austrian rosè that’s making me sweat like i’m literally dying & my husband went to sleep at 9:30 with a migraine so LET’S DO THIS1 like, 1 design opinion https://t.co/vAzmh2Bq8u— Amy Hoy (@amyhoy) December 25, 2019