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A complete guide to pretending you saw the total solar eclipse
A version of this piece was originally published in Quartz. On Monday, April 8, the moon will pass almost surgically between the earth and the sun…
Apr 8
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Elan Ullendorff
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February 2024
Folk search engines
Strategies better than plain Google.
Feb 20
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Elan Ullendorff
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Folk search engines
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Close reading the trees
How competitive Google Street Viewing makes the world feel seen
Feb 13
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Elan Ullendorff
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Is Substack exaggerating its network effects?
The data tells the story writers want to hear... but is it true?
Feb 6
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Elan Ullendorff
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Is Substack exaggerating its network effects?
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January 2024
The Scan Artist
What it means to copy the world
Jan 30
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Elan Ullendorff
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The Scan Artist
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Be specific
Ode to ᵗᶦⁿʸ ᵗᵒᵒˡˢ
Jan 23
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Elan Ullendorff
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The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace
For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
Jan 9
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Elan Ullendorff
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The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace
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December 2023
The New Turing Test
Changing the AI conversation
Dec 7, 2023
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Elan Ullendorff
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The New Turing Test
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November 2023
love letters to places i'll never meet
a spooky digital seance
Nov 1, 2023
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Elan Ullendorff
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love letters to places i'll never meet
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August 2023
For WIRED: Google's relentless search for answers
I wouldn’t ordinarily email you twice in one week, but I have an essay in WIRED today about Google, its philosophy of information retrieval, and how its…
Aug 2, 2023
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Elan Ullendorff
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Foreskin’s Comment
What a Billie Eilish Youtube comment diarist can teach us about forging meaningful online rituals
Aug 1, 2023
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Elan Ullendorff
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July 2023
Not your usual subscription confirmation
Or why you shouldn't ignore the back catalog
Jul 18, 2023
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Elan Ullendorff
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