The navigational problem

Thoughts i have while i read:
hypertext gardens that i found in digital gardens history

October 14, 2025

creating a digital garden
while working as a ui/ux designer
is like trying to reverse what you know
and maybe what you believe
how much control do you want to give to the user?
how lost should she feel
that you won’t care to make the content as understandable as possible
how you will surprise her

and most importantly
what the hell is this emotional design at a corporate level and
what else could it be
all digital arts are emotional design?

while at the same time you design a place mostly for your personal
organization and overview

how much do you know about what is going to happen in this space
how you will wrap it while letting it breathe

the shortest path is not always the best

what am I willing to do, let go
and what must remain as stable as possible

Bookmarks - to write on bookmarks
index, catalogues, lists, archiving, thought organization,
datasheets, notes, anxiety, encyclopedia

interactivity?
concepts of filtering

the corporate web vs the poetic web

I wanna hang out in cozy web cafe all dayyy

screenshot from this garden
screenshot from this garden

bad, bad, bad iframes

fuck SEO, hmm maybe not security, but welcome usability issues
it's ok to not to be functional all the time

you are a strong and beautiful ui element

willing to get into trouble, - or let my users get into trouble

October 15, 2025


Last night I ended up with a structure that I liked a lot
I always feel better with visual arts when they consist of more parts
like I feel insecure to create something standalone
how will you understand it without context
the second part creates a language

screenshot from this garden

as I read / browse hypertext gardens I can’t help but feel anxious
with the weight of choosing the path and the doubt if I will be able to
take it back, to choose another

after the first few minutes there I started feeling more comfortable
about how things work but on every page what I knew might no longer apply

[[Split Screen Appreciation]]

adding another page, I immediately felt something happened
a language
and the level of control, I can see where I came from and choose another option
I can keep exploring, still having the chance to leave for something else
and the path behind me fades and who knows where it might lead
it seemed the right balance of adventure and safety

"Gardens are farmland that delights the senses; parks are wilderness, tamed for our enjoyment. Large hypertexts and Web sites must often contain both parks and gardens."

I sat in the chair all day
I didn’t want to sleep
I didn’t want to eat
I wanted to sit there and watch the combinations of my notes

2 is a language
I sat there alone watching my notes chatter