Archive - escape the algorithm

Live Near Friends

I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m about to recommend that you subscribe to a product marketing email. The premise of Live Near Friends is simple…

Jul 16 •

Elan Ullendorff

June 2024

I did retail theft at an Apple Store

I hope Jane Appleseed is okay

Jun 24 •

Elan Ullendorff

Should this be a map or 500 maps?

500 priests, cartographic n00bism, and the limits of scale

Jun 11 •

Elan Ullendorff

May 2024

Artisinal white noise

May 3 •

Elan Ullendorff

April 2024

A complete guide to pretending you saw the total solar eclipse

I cannot relate to you

Apr 8 •

Elan Ullendorff

February 2024

Folk search engines

Strategies better than plain Google.

Feb 20 •

Elan Ullendorff

Close reading the trees

How competitive Google Street Viewing makes the world feel seen

Feb 13 •

Elan Ullendorff

Is Substack exaggerating its network effects?

The data tells the story writers want to hear... but is it true?

Feb 6 •

Elan Ullendorff

January 2024

The Scan Artist

What it means to copy the world

Jan 30 •

Elan Ullendorff

Ode to ᵗᶦⁿʸ ᵗᵒᵒˡˢ

Jan 23 •

Elan Ullendorff

The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace

For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn

Jan 9 •

Elan Ullendorff

December 2023

The New Turing Test

Changing the AI conversation

Dec 7, 2023 •

Elan Ullendorff

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