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What is a Digital Garden
A digital garden is an approach to publishing personal knowledge on the web. Different than a blog that contains polished articles in reverse chronological order. Digital gardens are more like work-in-progress wikis. A collection of unrefined, incomplete ideas that grow & evolve over time through constant tending (editing, rewriting & revising).
Qualities of a Digital Garden
- ▪ Organised by contextual relationships
- ▪ Learning in public
- ▪ Imperfection
- ▪ Playful, personal & experimental
- ▪ Diverse content mediums (videos, podcasts, short notes, long essays, sketches, ...)
- ▪ Independent ownership
About this Garden
The purpose of this garden is to be a blueprint for creating on the web. Notes analysing design & engineering. It aims to be simple & direct. Content is thought of as poetry, every word costs.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
Each note is assigned a status:
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Seed | New content planted less than a year ago |
| Sprout | Content planted over a year ago & regularly tended |
| Mature | Content planted over 2 years ago & regularly tended |
| Decaying | Content not tended in over a year |
About the Author
I was a teacher who couldn't find the tools I needed, so I started making my own. I use my knowledge of pedagogy to learn & teach. Like the Adeptus Mechanicus, the goal is the pursuit of efficiency & perfection of function. Exploring web development & preserving knowledge. I believe stories are the best way to communicate & creativity is the new oil. Front-end developer.