On keeping a commonplace book
A modest system for collecting the sentences, diagrams, and stray questions that refuse to disappear.
A small working archive · 2024—25
Notes on making sense of things.
A personal index of observations, references, and unfinished thoughts about research, tools, and the ordinary details that make up a life of paying attention.
Recent notes
01—06 / 2025The useful friction of paper
What changes when a thought has to cross a desk before it can become a file.
A short history of the margin
Notes on the narrow space around a text—and the many things that have found a home there.
Against the clean desk
In praise of visible work, temporary piles, and leaving a question open overnight.