Collecting

1. A wild walk with Charlie

   I had a wonderful morning hike around with Charlie Peverett appreciating the flora and fauna of Lewes. We chatted about the upcoming Content Rising conference, some of the sustainability and regenerative projects he and Tasmin have been doing at Wilsome. It’s lovely to reconnect with people making some positive change in the world. Inspired!

   

2. A solution seeking a problem

   Kyoto based pottery studio Asahiyaki uses ~1000 pieces from its 400 year collection to train an neural network to generate new ideas for pottery pieces. Interesting but I can’t help but notice the affect on the design process as described by Matsubayashi Hosai the studio director.

   

3. One Scientist Painstakingly Establishes a Chronology for More than 100 Surviving Prints of ‘The Great Wave’ by Hokusai

   Capucine Korenberg’s astonishing scientific research study into the chronology and composition of over 100 Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ impressions.

4. Testing out webmentions for Reilly and me

   Tap tap… is this thing on?

5. May origami fold

   I spent this afternoon with some lovely people folding origami and chatting. This month’s fold was a modular design called a cyclone. We also made a spinner while waiting for our teriyaki chicken lunch to arrive.

   

6. Recycling day reminder

   Happy Friday folks! Don’t forget it’s recycling day today! Here’s a fun and friendly reminder of what can and can’t go into the recycle bin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgFya8mV5ds ♻️

7. AAA – An accessibly audit

   I was supposed to take the day off today. Instead I put my

   

8. Research Thing Global Accessibility Awareness Day

   A superb couple of insightful and practical lunchtime talks from Gabe Fender from Thoughtworks and Emma Dyer from Alzheimer's Society. I’m a big fan of these midday brain-food sessions.

   

9. Joining the gang at Homebrew Website Club Europe/London

   Spending the evening hanging out with the welcoming and curious folks at IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club Europe/London https://events.indieweb.org/2024/05/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-HJs8USwnq2Ie. Lots of demos of recent website updates and projects. I got some useful clarification on the difference between cross-posting and syndication. We went down the webmention and micropub rabbit hole. I’ve come away even more excited and confident about what I’m doing. Thanks for making me feel so welcome!

10. Anki setup

    Useful settings to make Anki SRS app more forgiving and increase learning efficiency.

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