Do Real Work: Introducing Next LX
Learn by doing real work in a realistic environment using real tools. Introducing Next LX, a startup redefining job training.
Going Back to Go Forward
Building tools at the applications layer.
Local-first Conf and Unifying the Schema, Still
Exploring local-first concepts, evolving my thinking on schema, and diving into Composer at DXOS.
Cleaving apart software schema concepts
Diving deep into software schema in local-first software architecture with three distinct, diverging paths.
Schema and Local-first Software
Schema and Local-first Software It's been a hot minute since my last newsletter. Allow me to reintroduce myself. I'm an applied researcher investigating the...
It's the environment, duh.
Heads up! I'm in St. Louis September 21-23 for Strange Loop and a Local-first Unconf. Reach out if you're around! The Long, Slow Hunch I have this idea, this...
Reshape your notebook, reshape your brain
Reshape your notebook, reshape your brain The past few weeks I've been re-organizing my personal Lab Notebook in order to better orient myself around my goal...
Distill and Disseminate Generalizable Insights
Sometimes an article you read years ago resurfaces and hits like a bolt of lightning. Andy Matuschak's Ratcheting progress in tools for thought was that bolt...
Peer-to-peer is simpler than client-server
I've been reflecting on the intrinsic architectural characteristics of peer-to-peer, local-first software systems. My tentative conclusion is that peer-to-peer, local-first apps are simpler to build than client-server apps due to a simpler architecture.
The dwindling distinction between docs and apps
Hail, fellow explorer! Last time I wrote about joining DXOS. One doc, many apps, many views I'm intrigued by the idea of sharing a single "document" between...
Building the future of software with DXOS
Oh my! I can't believe it's been ten whole months since I've written to you! It's been an interesting season. I could tell you quite the tale of all the...
TFTs, Funding Open Source, Decentralized Apps, Oh My!
It's been two months since I wrote to you. And what a two months it has been. This missive will be a sampler platter of updates on the projects I've been...
Mumblr, TFT NYC, SocioTechnica
Mumblr, TFT NYC, SocioTechnica This last week, I’ve been splitting my time across three major projects and made significant progress on each one. Which felt...
Decentralization and Architecture
Over the last month, I've been working on a decentralized blogging tool called mumblr (remember tumblr?). It uses Fission's WebNative library to store blog...
Weekly Livestreams, Tools for Thought Rocks, and E-paper
Many of you have joined in the last two weeks. Welcome, and thanks! Since we may not have been introduced, my name is Jess Martin, and I'm an applied...
Automations, Time spent in the environment, "And then what?"
Yesterday I was musing on automations for note-taking tools and I was struck by the idea that automations in our tools can go too far. It seems there is some...
Fission and the Future of Computing
In the last update, I announced that I was joining the team at Fission as a research engineer. If you visited the Fission home page at the time, you might...
A Few Research Updates
Today's update will be a quick one. I'm at the beach with my family, and I'm writing before anyone wakes up. But I wanted to update you on a few fun things...
How Buildings Learn
How Buildings Learn I've been reading a bunch of books on architecture lately, both out of general interest and necessity as we work on a major remodel of...
Cool Stuff On The Internet
A lot of my time the last few months has been focused on getting our homeschool up and running and adjusting to life with a new baby. This translates to a...