Essays

On building the quiet systems.

Writing about education technology, designing for low-bandwidth realities, and the patient work of making institutions a little more humane.

01

The Best School Software Is Invisible

Nobody sends a thank-you note for a register that added up. On why the measure of school software is the silence when nothing goes wrong.

02

Designing for the Last Bar of Signal

Most software assumes the network is there — fast, cheap, always on. Building between Benin City and Porto Alegre, you unlearn that fast.

03

A School Talks to Parents One Message at a Time

A school's relationship with a parent is built almost entirely out of small messages — and every one builds trust or quietly erodes it.