Mark Bernstein
@eastgate.bsky.social
Designer of Tinderbox, information gardener. Research interests include literary hypertext, internet villainy, and intellectual history of computing. https://markBernstein.org/ https://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/
Currently at markbernstein.org: and new experimental hypertext visualization, the Sullivan View. Intended for rapid construction of hypertexts, especially when you know something of the form before you know the details.
Hey bsky! I’m working on an experimental hypertext tool, using Typescript. Among other things, it supports mermaid diagrams. What else might people want to embed in their hypertexts?
A brand-new, highly-experimental Storyspace variant. (This is an excerpt from my 2016 THOSE TROJAN GIRLS—happy birthday, little story!). Anyone notice what’s unusual here?
Team #Tinderbox: it's Monday, and there’s a new backstage release!
Team #Tinderbox! There’s a really big backstage release. Enjoy!
Tinderbox 11.6: www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/up... AI Integration — let your AI take hypertextual notes Better search MultiMarkdown (and great styled text) Better maps
Tinderbox: Tinderbox 11.6
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Do you say "please" and "thank you" to Claude Code? *Should* you?
Team #Tinderbox: there's ANOTHER new backstage release with (I hope) some cheerful news!
Team #Tinderbox: Claude and Gemini can now look over your shoulder and see the view you're looking at. Plus more updates. All backstage.
I usually get asked a lot of questions about the situation in the US when I’m in Germany. But it hits different when you have coffee with your in-law grandma, a Holocaust survivor, and she says: “What is your plan? This is not 1933 anymore, it feels more like ‘38. Don’t wait too long.”
Why @mark-carney.bsky.social 's speech yesterday was so effective and important. (By me. Main points before paywall; detailed annotation after.) fallows.substack.com/p/a-speech-f...
A Speech for the History Books.
And for the here and now. A memorable discourse on America's place in the world, by the leader of a US neighbor and former friend.
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Third call today from (allegedly) QuickBooks, trying to get information about our usage. I assume this is a scam, but what is the angle?
I have spent years of my life studying People Magazine and if this happened last year I would be floored — the magazine felt much more like an SEO farm than even a celebrity publication — but this is very much in line with *very* recent messaging
David Ingram@davidingram.bsky.social · 8mo ago🙃
The more things change… 10 Tips on Writing the Living Web, by @eastgate.bsky.social – August 16, 2002 #blogs #blogging #writing #OldGold #AListApart #WritingForTheWeb #LivingWeb #eastgate
10 Tips on Writing the Living Web
Your information architecture is as smooth, clear, and inviting as a lake. Your design rocks. Your code works. But what keeps readers coming back is compelling writing that’s continually fres…
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
Team #Tinderbox: There’s a new backstage release. It’s more rapid than eagles.
Artisanal Intelligence: crafting fine software tools for writers, thinkers, and creators. www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com
WinterFest
Winter Festival of Artisanal Software.
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Team #Tinderbox: Tinderbox 11.5 is out! www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/ And there's already a new backstage release as well.
Tinderbox: The Tool For Notes
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Winter Festival of Artisanal Software! The year of *artisanalk intelligence* www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com
WinterFest
Winter Festival ofArtisanal Software.
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If a new CEO of Mozilla took an oath to restore the web to its former greatness, they would find a lot of business models open to them. Instead, they’re trying to be part of the tech industry which places no value on the web being a place for open development. blog.kingcons.io
People of Virginia: Go ahead with the 10-1 Dem-Rep gerrymander of your commonwealth. It's the only fair thing to do. It's your duty to history. (My home state of Calif pioneered non-partisan re-districting commissions, but that was then.)
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 9mo agoBREAKING: The Indiana House votes 57-41 to advance a Trump-approved congressional map that could eliminate both of the state’s Democratic districts. The map now heads to the state Senate, which is expected to take it up when it convenes Monday.