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andy matuschak andy matuschak andy matuschak email x bsky i m an applied researcher focused on creating user interfaces that expand what people can think and do more i m an applied researcher focused on creating user interfaces that expand what people can think and do my current focus is an augmented book which actively helps people understand remember and use what they read i believe personal computers can enable transformative tools for thought environments that radically transform what people can think and do so much so that we expand the set of thoughts it s possible to think i want to produce alien cognitive and creative powers as wondrous and magical to us today as a modern visual effects artist might seem to a cave painter i ve been independently funded by my patreon community since 2019 but as of late 2025 i m on para academic leave helping make pico a conservatory for human attention prior to my current work i helped build ios at apple and led r d at khan academy email x bsky want to hear when i publish new work subscribe projects tools for thought projects tools for thought augmenting cognition and creativity how to create magicians what comes after the book enabling environments what comes after the book how might we learn towards convivial ai augmented learning how can we develop transformative tools for thought barriers and opportunities joint with michael nielsen q uantum country an experimental mnemonic book joint with michael nielsen why books don t work on designing media to reflect how people think and learn timeful texts extending the reading experience over time joint with michael nielsen more more work apps and programming two accidental tyrannies coding agents malleable software and invention orbit a platform for memory system experiments how to write good prompts using spaced repetition to create understanding notes working notes what s top of mind an index of the questions and ideas i m exploring the mnemonic medium design properties evidence of impact top questions evergreen notes methods for developing ideas over time enabling environments video games and the primer incomplete notes on a new kind of growth environment programmable attention systems which systematically orchestrate your mind taking knowledge work seriously athletes and musicians vs knowledge workers letters from the lab letters from the lab monthly essays on work in progress most are initially written for my patrons but some are later made available to the public less formal essays some patron only working with blips our second system a year of augmented attention work augmenting scholarship a proto proposal towards dynamic media for reading and synthesis preparatory notes for a manifesto some core beliefs behind my work a malleable reading environment towards an improvisatory digital reading environment a startling glimpse of malleable software case study for an ai mediated software ecosystem tools for tools for thought some principles for inventing tools for thought design in action book markup grid a look inside my design process invention influence and impact notes on my theory of change a primitive for enabling environments early work on machine generated prompts what can malleable software learn from realtalk connecting two dreams of software liberation on sitting down to study independently a catalog of problems for self motivated students five years of evergreen notes some long term reflections on networked notes exorcising us of the primer transcending the diamond age s vision for learning a spring flood of projects april 24 updates on orbit bookbridge etc what s worth learning if we have agi what kinds of knowledge remain meaningful what does spatial computing want to become pouring the silicon into the concrete in praise of the particular and other lessons from 2023 initial results from highlight driven prototype observations from working with 14 students on breadth vs depth in learning how to distribute time in study highlight driven practice comprehension support a new reading augmentation design concept studying myself studying linear algebra some problems with problem solving practice initial experiments in self explanation support painting a text with explanation reading comprehension and memory systems memory failures are often not the root problem fluid practice for fluid understanding reframing review sessions as practice sessions ethics of ai based invention a personal inquiry grappling with my moral obligations as a designer memory systems and problem solving practice difficulties in knowledge transfer becoming a wizard of oz learning assistant field work experiments in adult learning three years of crowdfunded research reflections on my membership program towards impact through intimacy tentative plans for my 2023 research cultivating depth and stillness in research notes on whatʼs worked for me lessons from summer 2022 prototype synthesis on new mnemonic medium breaking the mnemonic medium out of its box demo talk of a new floating design prospects for consumer silent speech interfaces systems for dictation without audible sound the joyful surprises of user observation notes from testing a new mnemonic medium a peritextual mnemonic medium demo talk of a redesign around reader control implicit practice a sight reading parable one way implicit practice fails in knowledge work exponentials and forgetting in quantum country patterns in preliminary data lessons from 2021 reflections on creative work the field crowdfunding tools for thought science design art craftsmanship lenses for progress in interface invention quantum country s suspiciously flat forgetting curves surprises in analysis of conceptual memory doing centric explanatory mediums board game instruction manuals and figma architectures for a more flexible mnemonic medium interface approaches for reader control revamping the mnemonic medium for reader control expanding beyond primers assumptions armories for tool maker user collaborations notes on bridging skills and ideas finding research context fit a challenge for tool builders crowdfunded research vs the nsf career grant open sourcing orbit technical collaborations too easy to be effortless surprising distributions in quantum country ratcheting progress in tools for thought how to accrete insight as a field in search of better questions from memory systems to meaning reflections on 2020 as an independent researcher funding culture limitations process liquid olives and iphones problem solving and finding the uncertainty mindset working with authors entangled skills text writing needs prompt writing needs text writing the carrying capacity of a regular memory practice tensions with deliberate practice and flow the galaxy brain problem speed running uis challenges in explaining new mediums skip exponential backoff deferral mechanisms and fuzzy inboxes thoughts on crowdfunding tools for thought remarks on a milestone in crowdfunding a nascent art direction for orbit escaping educational aesthetics demonstrating a personal mnemonic medium integrating spaced repetition into prose notes bringing ideas into your orbit extending the desktop for programmable attention projects ed tech projects experimental ed tech work from my time at khan academy where my team worked with teachers to invent novel interactive learning environments creations from my r d work at khan academy building complex skills online beyond right and wrong scalable open ended learning activities numbers at play designing digital manipu latives to reveal numbers hidden properties playful worlds of creative math reframing early numeracy around adventure wonder and creativity blog research blog narrated explorables three mental models when author and learner share a canvas students are the subjects of our sentences a syntactic trick to emphasize student agency looking sideways at the design squiggle reflections on the team s design process mastery learning and creative tasks mastery learning s limits for complex skills sorting product baseball cards bridging behavioral interviews and prototypes explanations from masters of geometry the gulf between application and explanation safely showing students peers comments designing peer interactions to avoid abuse games vs education on unguided instruction the limits of teaching without words rich tasks which crowdsource more rich tasks using student work to arrange social learning surveying the open ended task landscape notes from literature market review amplifying open ended questions enabling open ended online learning activities one medium many contexts designing math manipulatives for fluid use old and new ways of looking at numbers making abstract properties more visible a medium for exploring quantity introducing our math manipulative project student agency and flow helping students surf their learning edge more misc meta miscellaneous writing appearances and projects scattered across the web miscellaneous writing appearances projects scrying pen a pen which draws its own future using a realtime recurrent neural network podcasts selected podcasts the lunar society with dwarkesh patel 2023 06 21 the jolly swagman with joe walker 2022 12 24 econtalk with russ roberts 2019 08 05 tools craft with devon zuegel 2022 06 08 clearer thinking with spencer greenberg 2021 07 29 metamuse with adam wiggins and mark mcgranaghan 2020 09 03 articles other writing exalting data missing meaning the delusions of measurement absent theory satisfaction and progress in open ended work seeking gradient in the fog of novel work building habits via smoothly ratcheting targets a surprisingly reliable strategy for starting habits email x bsky want to hear when i publish new work subscribe