Maggie makes visual essays about programming, design, and anthropology.
Designer, anthropologist, and mediocre developer
Currently leading design at
The Garden
A digital garden is a collection of imperfect notes, essays, and ideas growing slowly over time. Learn more
Essays
Opinionated, longform narrative writing with an agenda
Notes
Loose, unopinionated notes on things I don’t entirely understand yet.
A Digital Anthropology Reading List
Joining Ought
Positioning Elements & Scrollytelling in CSS
The Block-Paved Path to Structured Data
Building a Second Brain: The Illustrated Notes
Interoperable Personal Libraries and Ad Hoc Reading Groups
The Eponymous Laws of Programming
Neologisms
Frequently Asked Questions
The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays
A Picture Worth a Thousand Programmes
Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers
Patterns
Design patterns gathered from my own observations and research.
Programming Portals
Pattern3 months ago
Folk Interfaces
Pattern5 months ago
Daily Notes Pages
Pattern9 months ago
Programmable Notes
Pattern10 months ago
Spatial Web Browsing
Patternabout 1 year ago
Assumed Audiences
Patternabout 1 year ago
Epistemic Disclosure
Patternabout 1 year ago
Algorithmic Transparency
Patternabout 1 year ago
Library
Books I’ve read and books I like the idea of having read.