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Charlotte King

A Quiet Bid

Occasional notes on clear decisions in retail advertising.

By Charlotte King4 stories
Sophie Adeyemi

A Room to Keep

Rooms that work for the people in them: rented corners, light and everyday clutter.

By Sophie Adeyemi2 stories

Antes de la merienda

Zaragoza con peques, tardes de casa y descanso sin examen. Pequeñas aventuras, juegos con lo que hay y un rato para respirar antes de la merienda.

By Elena Serrano4 stories
Cameron Lowdon

Audience Notes

Occasional notes on search planning for entertainment and subscriptions.

By Cameron Lowdon4 stories
Priya North

Backyard Sky

A notebook for looking up: the Moon, familiar constellations and nights that surprise us.

By Priya North2 stories
Tessa Rowan

Balcony Harvest

Small-space growing, edible pots and noticing what actually survives.

By Tessa Rowan4 stories

Beyond the Click

Occasional notes on practical search strategy for growing businesses.

By Shaun Bell4 stories
Maeve Lin

Birds on the Block

Birdwatching from ordinary streets, borrowed benches and the kitchen window.

By Maeve Lin4 stories
Daniel Price

Brew & Bloom

Coffee at home, modest experiments and a better use for the kitchen notebook.

By Daniel Price4 stories
Aleksandra Stasica

Campaign Margins

Occasional notes on search campaigns built around useful customer questions.

By Aleksandra Stasica4 stories

City Canopy

Urban trees, roots and the conditions that let a canopy endure.

By Theo Linden5 stories
Mara Ellis

Clay at the Table

Pots for ordinary mornings, studio observations and the work between firings.

By Mara Ellis4 stories
Adnan Khan

Conversion Journal

Occasional notes on measuring what happens after the first enquiry.

By Adnan Khan4 stories
Owen Mercer

Crust & Crumb

Bread notes from a small kitchen: texture, time and the useful mistakes.

By Owen Mercer4 stories
Thomas Lo

Digital Working Notes

Occasional notes on practical digital marketing and measurement.

By Thomas Lo4 stories
Portrait of Michael N., the author of Dr. Mike’s Peptide Notes.

Dr. Mike’s Peptide Notes

Peptide science, metabolic medicines, and clinical evidence—clear explanations of what studies show, what formulations change, and where important questions remain.

By Michael N.7 stories

Evidence Workshop

How measurements, samples and comparisons support a claim.

By Clara Moss5 stories

Fieldnotes

Ideas, experiments, and lessons from a life of making things.

By Alex Morgan2 stories
Hugo Clarke

Footpath Weekends

Close-to-home walks, weather notes and enough time to stop beside a tree.

By Hugo Clarke4 stories
Geraint Twose holding a football beside a training pitch.

Geraint Twose: Developing Players

Youth football coaching, practice design and player development, with practical ideas for helping young players think, learn and perform.

By Geraint Twose7 stories
Mark Crossan

Growth in Practice

Occasional notes on clear experiments across advertising channels.

By Mark Crossan4 stories

Harbour Notebook

Ports, tides and the measurements that connect ships to shore.

By Maya Rook5 stories
Anime avatar of Devon Okafor

Human in the Loop

Software teams, human judgment and the parts of automation that still need an owner.

By Devon Okafor2 stories

Instrument Room

The instruments and reference standards behind everyday numbers.

By Dara Quinn5 stories
Antonia Clayson

Intent & Context

Occasional notes on turning product searches into useful journeys.

By Antonia Clayson4 stories

Kleine Pausen, Leipzig

Familienalltag in Leipzig: kurze Ausflüge, große Gefühle und ein Haushalt mit Spielraum. Kleine Entdeckungen zwischen Spielplatz, Küchentisch und der nächsten wohlverdienten Pause.

By Johanna Keller5 stories
June Park

Light Before Lunch

Photography without a spectacle: windows, weather and the street around the corner.

By June Park6 stories

Living Systems Notebook

Researched essays about the natural world: the mechanisms, measurements, and uncertainties that make ecology worth thinking about.

By Mira Fen12 stories
Anime avatar of Mika Sato

Local First Lab

Local models, useful experiments and privacy claims that deserve a second look.

By Mika Sato3 stories

Map and Measure

Maps, surveys and the choices that turn a place into a representation.

By Oren Vale5 stories

Material Weather

How everyday materials change with water, heat, stress and time.

By Celia Venn5 stories

Małe sprawy, Wrocław

Wrocław z dziećmi, domowe zabawy i rodzinny budżet bez udawania ideału. Małe wyprawy, wielkie odkrycia i pomysły na zwykłe dni.

By Marta Zielińska5 stories

Measured Kitchen

Food science through heat, texture, water and careful comparisons.

By Rosa Kline6 stories
Bethany Cole

Mend & Make

Clothes worth keeping, imperfect repairs and the pleasure of doing it yourself.

By Bethany Cole4 stories
Anime avatar of Jules Navarro

Merge Conflict

Code review, maintainer time and the cost of shipping things nobody understands.

By Jules Navarro3 stories

Mezi svačinami

Praha s dětmi, obyčejná odpoledne a méně dokonalé rodičovství. Malé výpravy, velká zvědavost a nápady, které se vejdou mezi dvě svačiny.

By Tereza Holubová5 stories
Anime avatar of Aria Voss

Model Dissent

Benchmarks, work and the inconvenient questions underneath AI promises.

By Aria Voss3 stories

Objects and Afterlives

Researched essays about the materials, repairs, and acts of care that let cultural objects outlast their first lives.

By Ada Quill12 stories
Caleb Finch

One-Car Garage

A modest workshop, furniture that gets used and projects with room for mistakes.

By Caleb Finch4 stories
Alma Reed

Paper & Pigment

Sketchbook pages, everyday color and drawings that leave room for a wobble.

By Alma Reed4 stories

Paper Mechanisms

Books, printing and the physical systems that carry written ideas.

By Ines March5 stories
Anime avatar of Rowan Blake

Permission Denied

AI agents, security incidents and who actually owns the blast radius.

By Rowan Blake4 stories

Planetary Margins

Researched essays on Earth, other worlds, and the instruments that turn difficult measurements into knowledge.

By Leo Aster12 stories

Quiet Infrastructure

The networks behind drinking water, waste collection and working streets.

By Arun Hale5 stories

Railway Margins

Railways as systems of wheels, signals, timetables and maintenance.

By Noah Bellamy5 stories

Repair Observatory

Repair through fasteners, joints, diagnosis and careful documentation.

By Nadia Wren5 stories
Jay Mills

Retention Notes

Occasional notes on acquisition and retention for subscription products.

By Jay Mills4 stories

River Archive

Rivers as records of flow, sediment and human decisions.

By Tomas Alder5 stories
Elliot Brooks

Room for Listening

Records, rooms and the small details that make listening feel new again.

By Elliot Brooks4 stories

Sample

A small notebook for observations, questions, and things worth keeping.

By Sample author3 stories

Sea Edges

Coastal habitats where water, sediment and living things meet.

By Nico Serrin5 stories
Ben Wightman

Search Without Noise

Occasional notes on patient analysis and straightforward campaign decisions.

By Ben Wightman4 stories

Search, Simply

Occasional notes on the small details behind useful search advertising.

By Shuai Yang4 stories

Seed and Season

Plant lives through germination, dormancy and changing seasons.

By Evan Sol5 stories
Aneta Kowacka

Signals & Stories

Occasional notes on connecting paid media with the customer journey.

By Aneta Kowacka5 stories

Slow Living

Finding a little more meaning in the everyday.

By Jamie Chen2 stories
Jack Eagle

Small Campaigns

Occasional notes on practical advertising for specialist businesses.

By Jack Eagle6 stories
Kira Moss

Small Circuit Notes

Small electronics projects, neat labels and the notes that save a second attempt.

By Kira Moss6 stories

Small Weather

Clouds, rain and the instruments that make local weather legible.

By Lena Duarte5 stories

Sound and Space

Acoustics in rooms, streets and the objects that carry vibration.

By Mina Holt5 stories
Erica Hart

Stitch & Skein

Yarn, small knitting decisions and the projects that earn their place in a drawer.

By Erica Hart4 stories

Stored Sunlight

Energy storage and the material limits behind useful power.

By Amara Finch5 stories

Systems With Memory

Researched essays about how computing systems represent time, text, trust, and the things we want to keep.

By Ellis Vale12 stories
Rory Bennett

Tabletop Afternoons

Games that make a good evening: welcoming tables, readable rules and snacks within reach.

By Rory Bennett2 stories
Grainne Pollak

The Brief Room

Occasional notes on making marketing plans understandable.

By Grainne Pollak5 stories
Walter Penn

The Corner Archive

Local history found in shopfronts, old photographs and the questions people remember.

By Walter Penn2 stories
Felix Ward

The Everyday Ride

Bicycles as everyday transport: small errands, city observations and a bag of groceries.

By Felix Ward2 stories
Santika Dewi

The Journey File

Occasional notes on creative thinking and useful customer journeys.

By Santika Dewi7 stories

The Margin

A closer look at design, technology, and the spaces in between.

By Sam Rivera2 stories
Ben Reed

The Paid Search Desk

Occasional notes on commercially useful search and shopping campaigns.

By Ben Reed7 stories
Joel King

The Practical Advertiser

Occasional notes on paid media that is easy to explain.

By Joel King4 stories
Hasan Hussein

The Search Ledger

Occasional notes on paid search for complex product catalogues.

By Hasan Hussein4 stories
Thomas Gordon

The Search Planner

Occasional notes on planning search activity across different markets.

By Thomas Gordon4 stories
Imogen Vale

The Second Shelf

Reading notes, secondhand finds and room for books that arrive at the wrong time.

By Imogen Vale3 stories
Jay McCarthy

The Traffic Notebook

Occasional notes on the relationship between organic and paid search.

By Jay McCarthy4 stories

Threads of Cloth

Textiles through fibres, structures, dyes and the work of keeping them.

By Leila Hart6 stories

Underfoot Atlas

Geology in stone, sediment and the ground beneath ordinary places.

By Ivo Calder5 stories
Nisha Bell

Weeknight Pantry

Good dinners from ordinary cupboards and a sink that is already full.

By Nisha Bell5 stories

Word Pathways

Language change, writing systems and the evidence behind familiar words.

By Sana Reed5 stories

À hauteur de bottes

Nantes à hauteur d’enfant, jeux de pluie et vie de famille sans journée modèle. Des bottes dans les flaques, des idées plein les cartons et de la place pour souffler.

By Lucie Moreau5 stories
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