An Atlas of Small Worlds
Ali Khan
Sydney
By day I work in technology. In the evenings I make small interactive things, mostly to understand how something works, and I write two newsletters. This atlas keeps them all in one place.
Start with the contents, or choose an island on the chart. In a hurry? Use Plain list.
Contents
Everything, as a plain list
Science
Reading and Ideas
- Five Philosophers
- How to Read Dostoevsky
- Lines
- Notes from Books (being charted)
The World
Technology Work
Machines
- Flux (being charted)
- Build an F1 Car (being charted)
- Flight (being charted)
Writing
The two harbours
My writing lives on Substack. The newest letters show up here on their own.
Ali’s Dispatch
A commonplace book, written in public.
- Trends Don't Arrive as Hashtags
- Photons Have No Colour
- The Wound Is the Place Where the Light Enters
Ali on Tech
Field notes on tech consulting in the AI era.
- Start Every Review With What the Agent Didn't Check
- AI Usage Is a Poor Measure of AI Adoption
- How to Choose the Right AI Model for the Job
Colophon
About
Hi, I’m Ali. I’m a technology architect and consultant, and for more than 20 years I have been designing and delivering technology systems. I write about some of that work in Ali on Tech.
The things in this atlas were made in the evenings and on weekends, usually because something made me curious and I wanted to understand it properly. A new place appears on its plate when it is ready. There is no schedule.
Found something useful, or something wrong? Please tell me. Conversations are the main reason I share these curiosity artefacts.