Thought in a more immediate form.

From the continuing inquiry into memory and intelligence

A System Can Remember Without Understanding

Stored context is not the same as understood context, and the difference determines what remains a human responsibility.

From designing The Notebook as a cared-for room

The Room Before the Conversation

Participation begins with the conditions a place creates before anyone speaks.

From observing how work resumes after interruption

The Work We Reconstruct Without Noticing

Continuity often fails quietly, in the repeated work of rebuilding context that once existed.