Substrate

• Substrate is a digital garden #are.na#digital garden#metaphor#note-taking workflow#personal knowledge management ideas PINNED

24 August 2026

• FIELD STATION as a viable system #action lab#ai#business model#field station#governance#systems thinking#techfreedom#tom watson#vsm ideas
• YOU ARE CONTENT #ambiguity#art#content#creativity#source#vibes ideas

9 August 2026

• Being complicit in creating the conditions we say we don’t want #anti-goals#boundary-setting#goal-setting#life-organization#self-reflection#work-life-balance ideas

7 August 2026

• Circumventing state-imposed internet blackouts #bitchat#censorship#decentralization#digital rights#india#internet blackout#mesh network#protests ideas

3 August 2026

• Displaying art based on the weather at your location #art#location-based#rothko#smart display#weather ideas

28 July 2026

• Reality Drift #ai training#human-ai interaction#real-world feedback#reality drift#system failure ideas

25 July 2026

• Working on 'WorkFlow' #ai#audhd#external memory#pattern recognition#self-hosted#workflow ideas

24 July 2026

• An audience of one #microblogging#personal archive#productivity#working memory ideas

23 July 2026

• The uni-context: you already know what it is, you just haven't got a name for it (yet) #agnes callard#context collapse#derek thompson#philosophy#uni-context ideas

17 July 2026

• Umuganda #community service#national holiday#rwanda ideas

5 July 2026

• Garmin Music Manager (unofficial) #folk software#garmin#mp3#music manager#playlist ideas

3 July 2026

• Using AI to predict the outcome of World Cup games #ai#football#predictions#statistics#world-cup ideas
• Mosquitoes in the room #mariana alessandri#metaphor#new philosopher#philosophy#quotation ideas
• 5 ways to improve your folk software #agentic loops#ai development#folk software#llms#software development ideas
• Adding creativity to artworks #art#creativity#e-ink#innovation#technology ideas

28 June 2026

• Want your own Substrate? #subscription#substrate#tool#trial ideas

26 June 2026

• Securing Verifiable Credentials for a world of agentic AI #agentic ai#digital identity#privacy#verifiable credentials#zero-knowledge proofs ideas

25 June 2026

• Experimenting with a vibe/aesthetic for the zine #aesthetic-experimentation#glitch#graphic-design#midjourney#zine-design ideas
• Anonymous credentials for the web (no, not those kind) #anti-abuse#captcha#mozilla#privacy#web standards ideas

23 June 2026

• The 3-30-300 test #environmental policy#green spaces#public health#trees#urban planning ideas

22 June 2026

• What you gonna do, Luke Skywalker? #ai#digital rights#identity verification#privacy#surveillance ideas

20 June 2026

• Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value #facts#fiction#identity#reading#self-discovery ideas

19 June 2026

• Watching a game simulation to understand what my AI agents are up to #ai-agents#game-simulation#monitoring#vibecoding#visualization ideas

9 June 2026

• Is my subconscious trying to tell me something? #anxiety#authenticity#dream interpretation#identity#subconscious ideas