Pouria
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Dev & design @cosmik.network (https://semble.so/), intermittently tending to https://useouranos.app. He/him
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leaflet pub:
notes.cosmik.network/3m52o6mcd6c2z
notes.cosmik.network/3m52o6mcd6c2z
Cosmik Lab Notes 001: Semble Alpha - Cosmik Labs
notes.cosmik.network
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
leaflet pub:
notes.cosmik.network/3m52o6mcd6c2z
notes.cosmik.network/3m52o6mcd6c2z
Just getting started ✨💫
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Just getting started ✨💫
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Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th.
We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j
We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j
Announcing ATmosphereConf Vancouver 2026 - ATmosphereConf News
The next ATProto Community Conference is coming to Vancouver, Canada, in March 26th to 29th 2026
news.atmosphereconf.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th.
We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j
We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j
My commit of the day: welcoming Dolly (@tangled.org) to Semble
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My commit of the day: welcoming Dolly (@tangled.org) to Semble
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Are you only focused on yourself, or do you want your neighbours to succeed?
September 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Are you only focused on yourself, or do you want your neighbours to succeed?
How do we cultivate meaning as information sprouts endlessly all around us? Excited to share our first step. If you've got thoughts, ideas, or want to contribute, let us know; we're building this for you!
17/ Read the full blog post here and subscribe to our newsletter for updates. Let’s move! blog.cosmik.network/cosmik-grant...
Cosmik awarded $1M grant from Open Philanthropy and Astera Institute for new social knowledge network for researchers
We’re proud to announce that Cosmik has been awarded a total of $1M in grant funding from Open Philanthropy and the Astera Institute! These generous 2-year grants will support the next chapter of…
blog.cosmik.network
August 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How do we cultivate meaning as information sprouts endlessly all around us? Excited to share our first step. If you've got thoughts, ideas, or want to contribute, let us know; we're building this for you!
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1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
1/ 📢 @cosmik.network has been awarded $1M in grant funding by Open Philanthropy and @asterainstitute.bsky.social These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers on Bluesky/ATProto. Think Are.na + Goodreads for research!
Face it: you're a crazy person
OR: why your brain needs a boxcutter
substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can...
www.inkandswitch.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Today’s #WebSummitVancouver Coffee Culture Connect is supported by @feathers.dev and @mozilla.org
Check out #localfirst chat - data on your device, works offline & secure auth features chat.feathers.dev
Check out #localfirst chat - data on your device, works offline & secure auth features chat.feathers.dev
May 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today’s #WebSummitVancouver Coffee Culture Connect is supported by @feathers.dev and @mozilla.org
Check out #localfirst chat - data on your device, works offline & secure auth features chat.feathers.dev
Check out #localfirst chat - data on your device, works offline & secure auth features chat.feathers.dev
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@pouriade.com got to come by and see Smile/Scroll.exe live again!
May 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
@pouriade.com got to come by and see Smile/Scroll.exe live again!
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May 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Designers think by making. This is why prolific ideation is so important. You can delegate some to AI but there are muscles that will atrophy. That is the intersection of systems thinking, interaction, framing and behavioral hypothesis in the journey of crafting. These muscles gives you ingenuity.
May 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Designers think by making. This is why prolific ideation is so important. You can delegate some to AI but there are muscles that will atrophy. That is the intersection of systems thinking, interaction, framing and behavioral hypothesis in the journey of crafting. These muscles gives you ingenuity.
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Just got off a call with @benjaminwaldman.bsky.social who is building @gandersocial.bsky.social - a Canadian-focused Bluesky app.
They've started by forking social app on mobile and are thinking through other pieces.
Sign up for early access here
They've started by forking social app on mobile and are thinking through other pieces.
Sign up for early access here
Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip to brokers down south.
gandersocial.ca
May 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just got off a call with @benjaminwaldman.bsky.social who is building @gandersocial.bsky.social - a Canadian-focused Bluesky app.
They've started by forking social app on mobile and are thinking through other pieces.
Sign up for early access here
They've started by forking social app on mobile and are thinking through other pieces.
Sign up for early access here
"One's ability to articulate an idea always lags behind the understanding of the idea, and the understanding of an idea often lags behind the embodiment in which it is first given life."
A note about "The Humane Representation of Thought"
worrydream.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"One's ability to articulate an idea always lags behind the understanding of the idea, and the understanding of an idea often lags behind the embodiment in which it is first given life."
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You begin to build embodied knowledge -> what some call "muscle memory" but is really rhythmic trust.
-- Buttons stay where you left them.
-- Gestures behave the same way across tools.
-- The rules of interaction don’t shift silently overnight.
It’s not nostalgia. It’s neurological respect.
-- Buttons stay where you left them.
-- Gestures behave the same way across tools.
-- The rules of interaction don’t shift silently overnight.
It’s not nostalgia. It’s neurological respect.
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You begin to build embodied knowledge -> what some call "muscle memory" but is really rhythmic trust.
-- Buttons stay where you left them.
-- Gestures behave the same way across tools.
-- The rules of interaction don’t shift silently overnight.
It’s not nostalgia. It’s neurological respect.
-- Buttons stay where you left them.
-- Gestures behave the same way across tools.
-- The rules of interaction don’t shift silently overnight.
It’s not nostalgia. It’s neurological respect.
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something people don't talk much about in this era of "publishers expecting a near-finished game before investing" is
games are being made sub-optimally in order to speed-run vertical slices/convincing demos
instead of finalising systems then building content, you have to make content alongside 1/
games are being made sub-optimally in order to speed-run vertical slices/convincing demos
instead of finalising systems then building content, you have to make content alongside 1/
March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
something people don't talk much about in this era of "publishers expecting a near-finished game before investing" is
games are being made sub-optimally in order to speed-run vertical slices/convincing demos
instead of finalising systems then building content, you have to make content alongside 1/
games are being made sub-optimally in order to speed-run vertical slices/convincing demos
instead of finalising systems then building content, you have to make content alongside 1/
This still holds up, definitely worth a read
Peter @wang.social has a write up called “The Web We Lost, and The Web We Must Rebuild” that covers much of his background thinking.
We’re going to book a Tech Talk with Peter to go deep on this.
github.com/pzwang/lostweb
We’re going to book a Tech Talk with Peter to go deep on this.
github.com/pzwang/lostweb
GitHub - pzwang/lostweb: The Web We Lost, and What Comes Next
The Web We Lost, and What Comes Next. Contribute to pzwang/lostweb development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This still holds up, definitely worth a read
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sometimes the best thing you can do is sit near some really nice trees and talk about how to maybe make human communication better
March 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
sometimes the best thing you can do is sit near some really nice trees and talk about how to maybe make human communication better
I’ve been so inspired by all the people at #ATmosphereConf and their works, can’t wait to get back home and continue designing and building
March 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’ve been so inspired by all the people at #ATmosphereConf and their works, can’t wait to get back home and continue designing and building
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What a simple truth and humbling reminder of our responsibility: don’t be complacent #ATmosphereConf @kissane.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What a simple truth and humbling reminder of our responsibility: don’t be complacent #ATmosphereConf @kissane.bsky.social