Reflections is the context group where I slow down and take the long way home.

Here I gather personal notes, retrospective takes, and meaning-making fragments from the systems I’ve lived through — or helped bring to life.

These aren’t tutorials. They’re interpretations. Sometimes poetic, sometimes technical, always honest.

You can explore the full archive of Reflections.

Curated List of Reflections:

There are, of course, favorites.

• I don’t use social media, but I use LinkedIn — what is it to me?

  • 1: Daring experiment^[1] — What is LinkedIn really good for? (June 2025)

  • 2: Gameable LinkedIn^[2] — How to Game LinkedIn Like a Pro. (June 2025)

  • 3: The Enshittification^[3] — LinkedIn: Conclusion - Enshittification. (July 2025)

  • 4: How "I" personally see LinkedIn^[4] — Amazing LinkedIn: A Human Problem! (July 2025)

• Some initial reflections^[5] on the sudden and unexpected popularity of the LLMs ChatBots…​

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1. A brief explanation of a live-system experiment conducted on LinkedIn by a small group of friend; published to LinkedIn 'Behind the Scenes at ASE' newsletter — What is LinkedIn really good for?

2. A deep-dive analysis on exactly how Joe Random Hacker gamed LinkedIn so profoundly; published to LinkedIn 'Behind the Scenes at ASE' newsletter — How to Game LinkedIn Like a Pro.

3. Conclusion: what we people do to once great platforms — explanation why it happens; published to LinkedIn 'Behind the Scenes at ASE' newsletter — LinkedIn: Conclusion - Enshittification.

4. Deeply candid and personal look at how I use a platform offered to me as is; published to LinkedIn 'Behind the Scenes at ASE' newsletter — Amazing LinkedIn: A Human Problem!.

5. A reflection on how my `Merica, dozing at work and in personal life, is startled by the LLM ChatBots, and then immediately freaked out for losing a job to a machine — an honest and candid reflection to how Americans see their own competence — ChatGPT & Job Loss - A ‘Doze’ of Reality.