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Folk Interfaces
People reappropriating existing software to solve their own unique problems
Maggie Appleton
Maggie Appleton's digital garden of visual essays, notes, and patterns about programming, design, anthropology, and software.
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The Pattern Language of Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project
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The dark forest and the cozy web (2020)
An illustrated diagram exposing the inner layers of the dark and cozy web