Field Notes is an ongoing technical journal documenting work at the intersection of creative technology applications, scientific communication, media systems, AI workflows, and digital infrastructure.
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- June 4, 2026
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classification
The recurring problem of naming things well enough that people, systems, and search tools can act on them.
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Navigation for the End TimesSamNav is a tiny independent index for Sam Altman’s blog, built because the posts are worth reading but the navigation is almost comically minimal. It adds search, topics, reading paths, related posts, and an admittedly dry Navigation…
6 min
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Signal to Strategy: From Scientific Activity to Demand IntelligenceScientific activity is not the same thing as scientific demand. This article argues that publications, grants, registrations, abstracts, and engagement metrics only become strategically useful when interpreted together, classified…
3 min
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Signal to Strategy: Why Scientific Demand is Difficult to DetectScientific demand is difficult to detect because it rarely appears as a single clean metric. By the time it shows up in registrations, abstracts, sponsor interest, or meeting-planning conversations, the most useful window for…
3 min