miscellaneous personal blog; ideas & experiments to try; prompts & provocations
by brendan @schlage.town
That's what I'm doing now! Let's see if this post shows up in tools like https://docs.surf/ :)
January 23, 2026
What happens if I make an obnoxiously long description? Like write the whole post up in here lol. This one isn't super long yet but it could be if I keep writing. I could make the post just keep going and going all in this description text area. Haha you can't stop me lmfao. Okay so what if I'm gonna delete this in a minute whatever you might see it for a hot second I guess. If you're reading this yes we are in the process of migrating Leaflet records so stay tuned for that. Okay thanks have a lovely evening by for now!
January 15, 2026
Replying to Jared's thoughts on decomposing social media experiences into building blocks (identities, data, interfaces) with some building blocks I'd like to explore in Leaflet!
September 17, 2025
Thinking about three experimental store concepts I'd like to try, including a bookstore in a fridge, an experiential lemonade stand, and a roving consignment shop.
August 07, 2025
Exploring and annotating a list of (very old; rich with intrigue) book titles jotted down on a library visit, ten years later.
July 31, 2025
A thread of thoughts on websites, documents, metaphors of post and page, and the aliveness of the web.
July 15, 2025
Ideas for making super intensive bespoke social recs, for one single user at a time.
June 24, 2025
Exploring some favorite aspects of Wikipedia, and speculative project ideas for putting them to use.
June 23, 2025
Thinking about how we talk about technologies for learning, with an initial list of tools that enable learning in meaningful ways.
June 20, 2025
Or, welcome to Scraps! — a new publication for miscellaneous long(-ish)form, with a focus on being unfocused, but also on writing about things I love and wonder about and want to share.
June 16, 2025