Fwends

Expeditions Into the Digital

Hi, I'm Peter. This is my website.

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  On Second Brains 2025~07~23

  The endeavour of building a second brain to augment your first one, is doomed. Instead, do something productive.

  

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  The Cost of Thinking 2025~07~09

  It depends on who's doing the thinking: You, or a computer.

  

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  Nuance 2025~06~25

  Nuance is an important part of meaningful conversations. Unfortunately, the way we talk often means nuance is lost in strong opinions.

  

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  Batch and Flow 2025~06~21

  Everyone says "flow" is the thing, but sometimes batching beats one-at-a-time thinking. Learn when stockpiling tasks actually makes you more productive than going with the flow.

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  Assertive and Purposeful 2025~06~18

  How nuance is regained.

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  Quiet and Balanced 2025~06~17

  How nuance is lost.

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  Trees, AI, And Singing in Old English 2025~06~07

  A new Meeker Report on AI is out, a directory of ancient trees, Lorde's Royals in old english, and more

  

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  I've Written an Easter Egg And Now it's Gone 2025~06~04

  How do we define success?

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  I just migrated my website 2025~06~03

  And what I learned during the process. Mostly, I learned that past me was an incredibly lazy person, and present me is a much nicer and more dependable being.

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  Weeks, Webs, Wandering and Wondering 2025~05~28

  Why a basic building block of our temporal structure is completely made up, the future of the web and cities that vibe just like you.

  

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  An Easter Egg Nobody Found 2025~05~26

  When no-one finds your inside-joke

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  The Hidden Costs of Saving Time 2025~05~14

  Beyond a certain threshold, no technology saves time without forcing someone else to lose it

  

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  How Long It Takes To Form a Habit, and Other Tales From the Internet 2025~04~30

  I'm afraid it's faster to pick up a new habit than to undo the damage of Big Tech.

  

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  I Changed My View On Estimating Bugs and So Can You 2025~04~16

  Breaking down the common arguments against estimating bugs, why they don’t hold up under scrutiny, and how a more pragmatic approach can actually improve planning, transparency, and decision-making.

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  On Sleep 2025~04~16

  Sleeping and resting is important; But we're not really sure why.