Sequences

These are post sequences: chains of posts where each links to the next. The minimum sequence length is 3 posts (two is just a link). Sequences can be used to explore a thought in depth, following a curated path through related posts, notes, and comments. Read about how these are found. (See also: Anchors.)

The sequences are ordered by length, with the longest first. So far, there are 89 known sequences.

time Sequence (6 posts) #

Topic: time

November 2023 - June 2025

1. Reply to @robb@social.lol →
2. Building an "On This Day" Feature for My Jekyll Site →
3. A Heatmap Calendar for My Site →
4. Everywhere a calendar →
5. Note on Contemplating Calendars via Devon Zuegel →
6. Note on Measure Twice, Vise Thrice. via Taylor Troesh (hello@taylor.town)

data Sequence (6 posts) #

Topic: data

January 2024 - January 2025

1. My 2024 Fitbod Flex →
2. My GitHub Wrapped 2024 →
3. Strava Year in Sport 2024 →
4. Apple Music Replay 2024 →
5. Music Listening →
6. Pulling Fun Insights Out of My Apple Music Library

personal-blog Sequence (6 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

October 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll →
4. Gotta Publish Where The People Are →
5. Cross-posting to Bluesky from Jekyll →
6. How to Cross-Post to Mastodon with Jekyll

taxonomy Sequence (6 posts) #

Topic: taxonomy

January 2023 - April 2025

1. Podcast with CW + T →
2. CW&T →
3. Personal Serial Numbers →
4. About The Site Index →
5. Dropping Johnny Decimal: Leaning Into Tags and Search →
6. Note on Alternative Epistemic Agents for Restaurant Menus Etc via Matt Webb

personal-blog Sequence (5 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

February 2015 - June 2025

1. Reply to @robb@social.lol →
2. Building an "On This Day" Feature for My Jekyll Site →
3. A Heatmap Calendar for My Site →
4. Everywhere a calendar →
5. Your App Is Not Better Than An Open Protocol

work Sequence (5 posts) #

Topic: work

February 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on I Always Liked Anthony Bourdain's Take on 'Meez' From Kitchen Confidential: *Mis... | Hacker News via ycombinator.com →
2. Note on Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs via Tiago Forte →
3. Note on Crossing the Sunshine Skyway via Robin Sloan →
4. Note on Why Veteran-Artists Don't Quit via Van Neistat →
5. Note on The Creative Act via Rick Rubin

mastodon Sequence (5 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

October 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll →
4. Gotta Publish Where The People Are →
5. How to Cross-Post to Mastodon with Jekyll

work Sequence (5 posts) #

Topic: work

February 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on I Always Liked Anthony Bourdain's Take on 'Meez' From Kitchen Confidential: *Mis... | Hacker News via ycombinator.com →
2. Note on Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs via Tiago Forte →
3. Note on Crossing the Sunshine Skyway via Robin Sloan →
4. Note on Why Veteran-Artists Don't Quit via Van Neistat →
5. Note on The Creative Act via Rick Rubin

personal-blog Sequence (5 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

November 2023 - June 2025

1. Reply to @robb@social.lol →
2. Building an "On This Day" Feature for My Jekyll Site →
3. A Heatmap Calendar for My Site →
4. Everywhere a calendar →
5. Note on The Value of Values With Rich Hickey via InfoQ

time Sequence (5 posts) #

Topic: time

January 2024 - June 2025

1. Reply to @robb@social.lol →
2. Building an "On This Day" Feature for My Jekyll Site →
3. A Heatmap Calendar for My Site →
4. Everywhere a calendar →
5. Note on Notes on Time via alexanderobenauer.com

publishing Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: publishing

February 2023 - June 2024

1. Dropping Support for Webmentions →
2. Getting Social Online →
3. Note on Writing, Riffs & Relationships via tomcritchlow.com →
4. Note on Six Tips on Writing From John Steinbeck via Maria Popova

mastodon Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

February 2023 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. Note on Studio Project #3: A House for Oneself via Jack Cheng →
4. Note on Christopher Alexander: A Primer via Ryan Singer

search Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: search

February 2023 - February 2025

1. Leaning into Perplexity →
2. Returning to Kagi →
3. Considering Kagi →
4. Note on The Complete Guide to the Kano Model via Folding Burritos

mastodon Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

February 2015 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll →
4. Your App Is Not Better Than An Open Protocol

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

January 2024 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Buttons are for Doing: Exchanging the Apple Watch Ultra →
4. Note on How to Get the Most Out of Your Wearable Tech via Stefanie Flippin

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

November 2023 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. Note on A Grand Unified Theory of Buying Stuff via Paul Ford

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

March 2015 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. People will always personalize

music Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: music

February 2024 - June 2025

1. Chinatown →
2. Note on Mathematics of Music via ams.jhu.edu →
3. Note on Synthesizer for Thought via thesephist.com →
4. Note on LAIR - Language as Intermediate Representation via chrisvoncsefalvay.com

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

July 2023 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. Note on Personal Machines and Portable Worlds via chrbutler.com

work Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: work

February 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on I Always Liked Anthony Bourdain's Take on 'Meez' From Kitchen Confidential: *Mis... | Hacker News via ycombinator.com →
2. Note on Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs via Tiago Forte →
3. Note on Crossing the Sunshine Skyway via Robin Sloan →
4. Note on The Creative Act via Rick Rubin

mastodon Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

November 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll →
4. Cross-posting to Bluesky from Jekyll

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

February 2022 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. Leopold FC660C Review: Shadow Play

mastodon Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

October 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll →
4. How to Cross-Post to Mastodon with Jekyll

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

July 2021 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. Switching away from the Moonlander keyboard

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

December 2020 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. Ergodox Moonlander Week 3

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

June 2023 - December 2024

1. I set up Day One on my Boox Palma this morning →
2. Shopify Keychron K3 Pro →
3. Customized Keychron K1 →
4. Note on The Dream of the Personal Machine via Kyle Chayka

data Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: data

August 2024 - January 2025

1. My 2024 Fitbod Flex →
2. My GitHub Wrapped 2024 →
3. Strava Year in Sport 2024 →
4. Cirque of The Towers 2024

tools Sequence (4 posts) #

Topic: tools

June 2023 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Buttons are for Doing: Exchanging the Apple Watch Ultra →
4. Note on The Dream of the Personal Machine via Kyle Chayka

economics Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: economics

February 2023 - January 2024

1. Note on Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal, Society-Shattering Mistake via goodreason.substack.com →
2. Note on Praise for Land Is a Big Deal by Lars A. Doucet via landisabigdeal.com →
3. Note on Eiswein for Entwives via Field Notes from Christopher Brown

interfaces Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: interfaces

March 2023 - June 2023

1. After Reading: The Design of Everyday Things →
2. Note on The Design of Everyday Things via Don Norman →
3. Note on OODA Loop via wikipedia.org

publishing Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: publishing

June 2023 - June 2024

1. Dropping Support for Webmentions →
2. Getting Social Online →
3. Note on Social Media and 'Parasocial Media' via Drew DeVault's blog

publishing Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: publishing

July 2023 - November 2024

1. I Love micro.blog - Here’s Why I Don’t Use It →
2. How to Cross-Post to Mastodon with Jekyll →
3. Getting Social Online

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

February 2023 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. Note on Christopher Alexander: A Primer via Ryan Singer

tools Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: tools

December 2022 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. Note on Unbundling Tools for Thought via Fernando Borretti

marketing Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: marketing

February 2023 - March 2025

1. Note on CD Baby via Nick Parker →
2. Note on CD Baby via Nick Parker →
3. Note on Pluralistic: Tiktok's Enshittification via Cory Doctorow

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

February 2015 - December 2024

1. About This Site →
2. Cross-posting From Letterboxd to Jekyll →
3. Your App Is Not Better Than An Open Protocol

interfaces Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: interfaces

July 2015 - February 2024

1. Cubic Mapping of Text →
2. Building a Network Graph Site Index →
3. Note on Programmable Notes via Maggie Appleton

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

February 2015 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. How To Link Like You Mean It

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

February 2023 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. Note on Of Digital Streams, Campfires and Gardens via TOM CRITCHLOW

work Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: work

November 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on I Always Liked Anthony Bourdain's Take on 'Meez' From Kitchen Confidential: *Mis... | Hacker News via ycombinator.com →
2. Note on Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs via Tiago Forte →
3. Note on Why Veteran-Artists Don't Quit via Van Neistat

publishing Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: publishing

December 2022 - June 2024

1. Dropping Support for Webmentions →
2. Getting Social Online →
3. Note on Writing Is Magic via Marc Brooker

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

February 2023 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. Note on Of Digital Streams, Campfires and Gardens via TOM CRITCHLOW

system-design Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: system-design

February 2023 - November 2023

1. Note on Systemantics. The Systems Bible via John Gall and D.H. Gall →
2. Note on Oozy Intelligence in Slow Time via Ribbonfarm Studio →
3. Note on Christopher Alexander: A Primer via Ryan Singer

data Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: data

February 2023 - January 2024

1. Note on Data and Reality via William Kent →
2. Note on Notes on Time via alexanderobenauer.com →
3. Note on The Value of Values With Rich Hickey via InfoQ

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Afternoon Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

shopify Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: shopify

May 2025 - May 2025

1. Steve Aoki at Budweiser Stage →
2. Shopify Summit 2025 →
3. Desk, May 30th, 2025

movies Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: movies

January 2024 - March 2024

1. Killers of the Flower Moon →
2. Reading →
3. Note on Building an Antilibrary: The Power of Unread Books via Anne-Laure Le Cunff

interfaces Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: interfaces

July 2015 - February 2024

1. Cubic Mapping of Text →
2. Building a Network Graph Site Index →
3. Weeding The Edges

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

February 2024 - June 2025

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Tracing Sequences and Finding Anchors →
3. Weeding The Edges

interfaces Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: interfaces

July 2015 - February 2024

1. Cubic Mapping of Text →
2. Building a Network Graph Site Index →
3. Tom Sachs's COLOR Hex Codes

culture Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: culture

August 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on Rain Lilies and Robots via Field Notes from Christopher Brown →
2. Note on Braiding Sweetgrass via Robin Wall Kimmerer →
3. Note on Everything | Gameplay Film via David OReilly

movies Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: movies

April 2024 - May 2025

1. Chicago Horror Film Festival 2025 →
2. The Red Hourglass →
3. Saint Maud

llm Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: llm

June 2024 - December 2024

1. Note on This Is Paper Is Kinda Wild via gian 🏴‍☠️ →
2. Note on The Bitter Lesson via incompleteideas.net →
3. Note on Given That Devs Spend the Effort They Do on Testing, What Can We Do to Improve Testing? via danluu.com

shopify Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: shopify

June 2024 - May 2025

1. Steve Aoki at Budweiser Stage →
2. Shopify Summit 2025 →
3. Shopify Summit 2024

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

July 2024 - December 2024

1. Planning A Spaced Repetition System for My Site →
2. Using an LLM and RAG to Wring Insights From My Posts →
3. Note on Building Search-Based RAG Using Claude, Datasette and Val.Town via Simon Willison

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

August 2024 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Cirque of The Towers 2024

work Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: work

February 2024 - September 2024

1. Note on Is PERFECTIONISM a Form of COWARDICE? via Van Neistat →
2. Note on 10 Bullets. By Tom Sachs via Tom Sachs →
3. Note on Quote by Calvin Coolidge: “Nothing in This World Can Take the Place of Per...” via Calvin Coolidge

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

October 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. How to Cross-Post to Mastodon with Jekyll

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

November 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Cross-posting to Bluesky from Jekyll

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

November 2024 - December 2024

1. About This Site →
2. Adding Website Card Embeds to my Bluesky Posts →
3. Cross-posting to Bluesky from Jekyll

photography Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: photography

November 2024 - March 2025

1. Bedmounds by Noah Kalina →
2. Called in to Noah Kalina's Hotline Show →
3. Hotline Show by Noah Kalina

data Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: data

December 2024 - January 2025

1. My 2024 Fitbod Flex →
2. My GitHub Wrapped 2024 →
3. Apple Music Replay 2024

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

December 2024 - December 2024

1. Reply to @manton@manton.org →
2. Rules for Syndication on My Site →
3. Gotta Publish Where The People Are

software-engineering Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: software-engineering

July 2023 - October 2024

1. Note on Rise of Worse Is Better via dreamsongs.com →
2. Note on Gopherfest 2015 | Go Proverbs With Rob Pike via The Go Programming Language →
3. Note on A Philosophy of Software Design via John Ousterhout

work Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: work

March 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on Understanding Power via Noam Chomsky →
2. Note on Is PERFECTIONISM a Form of COWARDICE? via Van Neistat →
3. Note on The Creative Act via Rick Rubin

music Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: music

February 2019 - February 2024

1. Amtrac & Tourist at Concord →
2. Tourist at Chop Shop →
3. Tourist & Gilligan Moss at Sleeping Village

observability Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: observability

February 2023 - August 2024

1. Armstrong Metric →
2. Principles of Good Systems ⬢ →
3. Note on The Design of Everyday Things via Don Norman

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

January 2022 - July 2024

1. About This Site →
2. Switching Search from Lunr.js to Fuse.js →
3. Note on Permutation City via Greg Egan

observability Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: observability

February 2023 - August 2024

1. Armstrong Metric →
2. Principles of Good Systems ⬢ →
3. Note on The Design of Everyday Things via Don Norman

work Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: work

March 2023 - February 2024

1. Note on I Always Liked Anthony Bourdain's Take on 'Meez' From Kitchen Confidential: *Mis... | Hacker News via ycombinator.com →
2. Note on Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs via Tiago Forte →
3. Note on Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs via Tiago Forte

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

December 2024 - December 2024

1. About This Site →
2. Cross-posting From Letterboxd to Jekyll →
3. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

December 2024 - December 2024

1. Cross-Posting From Mastodon to Jekyll →
2. Replies & Threads →
3. Rules for Syndication on My Site

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

December 2024 - April 2025

1. Life Clock →
2. Reply to Mastodon →
3. Hacking Life into My Little Counter

shopify Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: shopify

December 2024 - April 2025

1. Hacking Life into My Little Counter →
2. Life Clock →
3. Reply to Mastodon

ai Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: ai

January 2025 - June 2025

1. The Smaller Shape of AI-First Companies →
2. Note on Anjan Katta: A Sunrise Over Computing - Daylight Computer, Light, Agency, Humanity - Dialectic via Dialectic with Jackson Dahl →
3. Note on Import AI 397: DeepSeek Means AI Proliferation Is Guaranteed; Maritime Wardrones; And More Evidence of LLM Capability Overhangs via Jack Clark

mastodon Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: mastodon

December 2024 - April 2025

1. Reply to Mastodon →
2. Hacking Life into My Little Counter →
3. Life Clock

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Afternoon Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Afternoon Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Evening Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Morning Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Afternoon Hike 🥾

hiking Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: hiking

April 2025 - May 2025

1. How I Make Hiking and Running Overview Videos from GPS Data →
2. Hiking the Grand Canyon Royal Arch Loop →
3. Afternoon Hike 🥾

personal-blog Sequence (3 posts) #

Topic: personal-blog

December 2024 - December 2024

1. About This Site →
2. Cross-posting From Letterboxd to Jekyll →
3. Gotta Publish Where The People Are