Studies
Most projects here are studies.
A study starts with curiosity and leaves a trace: a thing, a process, a tool, a note. Sometimes all four.
The finished thing matters. It shows where the attempt got to. The useful part is often the route: what I tried, what resisted, what changed, and what I would test next.
The shape
Study
├─ Thing
├─ Process
├─ Tools
└─ NotesThe shape is a reminder, not a form. Some studies have a clear hypothesis. Some only have a stubborn question. Some are finished enough to show. Some are useful because they failed in a specific way.
Current study areas
- Photography: albums and contact-sheet notes from looking
- From Pixel to Pen: screen, SVG, plotter, pen, paper, with Tracer, Gantry, VHS, and PPCT as nearby stops
- Gesture and practice: VHS, Ductus, Tracer, Writing by Hand, and ClefHanger keep circling practice loops: handwriting, tracing, pressure, rhythm, staff reading, and the physical line
- Projects: software studies and tools, many of them connected to physical output
- FileFirst: filesystem-shaped archive thinking
- Processes: repeatable methods, checklists, and failure modes
What a study note should capture
A study page should usually say what made the thing interesting, what I thought might work, what I made, what I learned, and what remains open.
That can be short. One good observation is enough.
See also: Photography, Things, Processes, Workbench, Projects, Notes