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Archive Ant says: Don't binge! When consuming media,
remember to chew slowly, and take time between "meals" to digest.
Besides, my writing gets cringier the further you scroll down.
Anything past 3 years is dead to me, honestly.
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~2024~
Signal Boosts for Nov 2024
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Body horror & Election horror
Signal Boosts for Sept & Oct 2024
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Mockumentaries & music videos
Research Notes-dump for Oct 2024
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a bunch of misc projects I'm playing with, in AI Safety/Alignment
Welp, I'm 30. (30 tips for my 13-year-old self)
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A navel-gazing post for my 30th birthday
The Creative Cyborg (my XOXO 2024 mini-talk)
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On how we may re-design AI to enhance artists, not replace them
Signal Boosts for July & August 2024
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Nasal sprays, constructed languages, and sassy sci-fi satires
Signal Boosts for June 2024
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Tutor bots, data detectives, and I FOUND A FIVE-LEAF CLOVER
Signal Boosts for May 2024
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Beavers, papers, and the CONE ZONE
Clearing out the idea closet (47 projects on my backlog)
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47 things I didn't ship.
Why don't brackets matter in multiplication? (Visual proof of associativity)
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A never-before-seen visual proof of a stupidly basic fact
~2022~
New project! Nutshell: make expandable explanations
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A tool for writers to let readers dive into details
New talk! “How To Explain Things Real Good”
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A mini-talk I gave at Stanford on math/science communication
~2021~
Back to the Future with RSS!
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How to save the open web, & get (re)started with RSS
How Do I Learn X?
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Advice on learning math, writing, coding, game design, mental health, etc
~2020~
New Explorable! “COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations”
#OneStepAhead
Make Plushie Patterns with Play-Doh & Paper Towels
~2019~
What Did I Learn This Decade? (2010-2019)
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A zillion words about being queer, going indie, and mental health (35 min read)
My Most Meaningful Media of 2019
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From murder clowns to quantum computing to furry lesbian vampires (9 min read)
Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli (or: Emotion in Learning)
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So earlier this year, I learnt my whole career was based on a lie. As one does.
Calm Down
Fun Games To Play While You're Waiting To Be Born
The Boy-Weapon
Lone Wolf
Normal Guy
Lizard Person
mom's secret
Mr. Sacks
My Experiment "Pre-Registration"
~2018~
The Most Meaningful Books I Read in 2018
Habits I (Tried To) Make in 2018
Parable of the Hill Climber
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Once upon a time, there was a hill climber.
New Explorable! “How To Remember Anything Forever-ish”
The Explorables Jam!
The Lamps
AfterLife
Nicky's Next Explorable: Survey Results!
Explorable Explanations: 4 More Design Patterns
New Mini-Explorable! “Attractors”
New Explorable! "The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds"
How Do We Learn? A Zine
How To Become A Centaur
The Most Meaningful Books I Read in 2017
~2017~
Take Your Time
The Happiness Trap: Zine-ified
How I Make Explorable Explanations
My Long Now Talk: "Seeing Whole Systems"
"The Evolution of Trust" is out!
Jigsaw Puzzles
ENVIRONMENT ⇆ ECONOMY
The Most Meaningful Books I Read in 2016
~2016~
We Become What We Behold, a Post-Mortem
reflecting on :the game:
The Other Side
Evolution, Not Revolution
It's A Loopy World
Emergent Evil
Nicky Reads: Feeling Good
OpenVisConf: Sketchy Notes
How To Simulate The Universe, In 134 Easy Steps
Why Simulate?
Hello, FRONTLINE!
Sparrows Trapped in the Denver Airport
The Building Block Hypothesis
~2015~
Neurotic Neurons: Process
Neurotic Neurons: Design Patterns
Neurotic Neurons: Simplifications
A Bittersweet End to Nothing to Hide
The Science of Social Change
In Which I Take Scott McCloud And Replace "Comics" With "Games"
Explorable Explanations: The Plan
LOGICOMIX
Sound System II
Windy Day + thoughts on VR filmmaking
I Love Google Cardboard
I Do And I Understand
A Door-Key Minigame
SarahTheSpaceSpy.js
~2014~
Pop-Up Textbooks
Explorable Explanations
If Games Were Like Game Stories...
Coming Out Simulator 2014
Paper Jekyll wins The Public Domain Jam!
Stupid, Stupid Cubecats
Museum of Eternal Damnation
The Public Domain Jam
~2013~
Slightly Intoxicated Batman
Tragedy of the Commons