These notes require some generosity of imagination—they are ideas, projects, and reflections I'm still working through.

Screenshot from 2007 Google Docs, create new doc page

Plotting my course to data sovereignty

Plotting the path to my hopes and dreams for our digital future.

Me asking Bhante Pannakara about if—despite his emphasis on action—inquiry and persuasion have a place in the good life.

On Asking Good Questions

Are there no bad questions? You ever hear someone ask a *great* question? Think about how that felt. Exactly.

Pronunciation Lab application mockup.

Pronunciation Lab

An app concept for advanced L2 students to practice difficult sounds in their target language.

Art on the wall of a friend's apartment in Caen, France

Question-Forward Language Learning

Asking questions is so practical. It is despite this that language instruction often begins with numbers, colors, and the word for 'door.' Here's my attempt at codifying my alternative.

Me delivering a speech about translation and foreignness

Lessons in Humility & Cooperation

How visceral experiences of isolation brought me closer to my values. How these experiences—these feelings—tethered themselves to my intellectualized understandings. Where feelings are the essence of what compose our subconscious thinking, tethering feelings to knowledge is an essential part of self-construction. France awarded me many occasions to beat my head against the frustration of not feeling understood. Even as I continued integrating into French life, I *needed* the generous and creative listening of others to be understand.

Coded & written by James Mitofsky