fairy or walrus? futuring tips from the Tumblrati This is the hill I will die on today: the kids on Tumblr are currently engaging more seriously with the boundless possibilities of futurity than the Very Serious AI Guys of LinkedIn.
schedule adjustment notice Hello, worldbuilders! Just a quick note to let you know: it occurred to me this morning that my spending a bunch of time compiling weeknotes which don't get emailed to you, only to then spend a shorter amount of time two days later writing a short note alerting
week 37 / 2024 Having flashbacks to rhinestone country compressed through the speakers of a first-generation Ford Fiesta—yep, it's WEEKNOTES. This week, many meetings have been had, and we find ourselves agreeing with *gasp* a quantitative analyst!
hot in the city 2nite Hello worldbuilders! It's 28°C in Malmö this afternoon, and it's reliably been around that temperature in the afternoon for close to a week now. I quite like hot weather, really, but a lot of other folk are less keen—and I dare say I'
week 36 / 2024 Gingerly g**gling "relieve hip flexors sedentary work", blinking at the tiny-font AI garbage you get in response—yes, it's time once again for WEEKNOTES! This week, the undocumentation of some working hours is documented, and Andrew Dana Hudson sends solarpunk thoughts from a road-trip.
world-fleshing: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 1) The first part of an interview with artist, author and educator Georgina Voss, in which worldbuilding is (sort of) distinguished from world-fleshing, and tips on artistic practice are gleaned from thought leader Hannibal Lecter.
call it in, take it off Hello, worldbuilders! It's been quiet here this last week, because around this time on the Sunday previous I started thinking "hmm, I don't feel so great", and by the evening I was feeling (as we Brits say) like death warmed over. Hell knows what
week 30 / 2024 This week: in defense of theory, by way of Daoism... and against the imperatives of branding one's work and oneself.
week 29 / 2024 This week: ethnography-in-reverse as an analogy for narrative prototyping... and the infrastructurality of the scroll-wheel?
Week 28 / 2024 This week: the power of moving from mere analogy to full metaphor... and why sometimes one needs to simply start.
Week 27 / 2024 This week: why it's good to end a workshop when there's still energy in the room... and why it's good (for me, at least) to act the fool somewhat.
Week 26 / 2024 This weeknotes will be brief, as the whole week has been spent on site in Bergen, Norway, doing workshops for PROJECT TEMPORAL. And I guess you get to learn at the same time as me that there will be weeks like this, when the weeknotes simply state that you spent
Week 25 / 2024 Greetings from midsommar, a day which—as far as I can tell—matters more to most Swedes than Christmas. As a long-time fan of sunshine and warmth, I can dig it... though I'll pass on the pickled herring, thanks. This week has been dominated by finishing the first-draft
Week 24 / 2024 Welcome back to weeknotes at Worldbuilding Agency! This week has mostly involved: * the production of stories for the latest collaborative foresight cycle book from Media Evolution, plus * a certain amount of admin, and a related amount of hurry-up-and-wait, related to PROJECT TEMPORAL (Yes, I have grudgingly decided to give the