# Nerding Hard on Digital... ! [ rw-book-cover] (https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1635665509512355840/-jFo36KR.jpg) URL: https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250532315459194880 Author: @Mappletons on Twitter  ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > Nerding hard on digital gardens, personal wikis, and experimental knowledge systems with [_jonesian](https://twitter.com/_jonesian) today. > We have an epic collection going, check these out... > 1. [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow)'s Wikifolders: https://t.co/QnXw0vzbMG >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250532315459194880)) > [_jonesian](https://twitter.com/_jonesian) [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) 2. Buster Benson's "Piles" and "Codex" [buster](https://twitter.com/buster) >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250532522976477184)) > [_jonesian](https://twitter.com/_jonesian) [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) [buster](https://twitter.com/buster) 3. [nateliason](https://twitter.com/nateliason) 's Notes and Book Summaries >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250532691310764032)) > [_jonesian](https://twitter.com/_jonesian) [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) [buster](https://twitter.com/buster) [nateliason](https://twitter.com/nateliason) 4. [chrisbiscardi](https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi) 's Digital Garden (rainbow style!) >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250533070639452162)) > [_jonesian](https://twitter.com/_jonesian) [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) [buster](https://twitter.com/buster) [nateliason](https://twitter.com/nateliason) [chrisbiscardi](https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi) 5. [andy_matuschak](https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak) 's layered, bi-directionally linked system of "Evergreen notes" >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250533316287234048)) > [_jonesian](https://twitter.com/_jonesian) [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) [buster](https://twitter.com/buster) [nateliason](https://twitter.com/nateliason) [chrisbiscardi](https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi) [andy_matuschak](https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak) 6. The Open Transclude UX pattern from [tobyshorin](https://twitter.com/tobyshorin) - https://t.co/6RhL26ssgJ >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250533952156250115)) > 7. [aengusmcmillin](https://twitter.com/aengusmcmillin) 's [RoamResearch](https://twitter.com/RoamResearch) -like experiment with bidirectional links implemented in [GatsbyJS](https://twitter.com/GatsbyJS) > https://t.co/6mDraOaosf ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250534302338727938)) > [aengusmcmillin](https://twitter.com/aengusmcmillin) [RoamResearch](https://twitter.com/RoamResearch) [GatsbyJS](https://twitter.com/GatsbyJS) 8. [wynlim](https://twitter.com/wynlim) 's thoughts on Designing a Self-directed Learning Network: https://t.co/DCSLpW5GIO ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250534914820317186)) > 9. [jhooks](https://twitter.com/jhooks) manifesto on Digital gardens > blogs: https://t.co/OeQA0ILFVc ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250535247281881095)) > [jhooks](https://twitter.com/jhooks) 10. [gwern](https://twitter.com/gwern)'s sprawling, info-packed wiki with hover previews, TOCs, and a public change log >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250536085316407296)) > [jhooks](https://twitter.com/jhooks) [gwern](https://twitter.com/gwern) 11. Speaking of hover previews, [JoshWComeau](https://twitter.com/JoshWComeau)'s experiment with Tippy.js this week is a fanstastic example of adding contextual layers to links - https://t.co/JBm8ITaV72 ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250536703263154177)) > [jhooks](https://twitter.com/jhooks) [gwern](https://twitter.com/gwern) [JoshWComeau](https://twitter.com/JoshWComeau) 12. Also related, [swyx](https://twitter.com/swyx)'s writing on Webmentions and Twitter as a "meta-commentary layer to the internet" follows this same vibe of bi-directional densely-linked knowledge across platforms - https://t.co/FxS4FnCh9p ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250537461249433601)) > 13. To come back to [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) for a moment, as far as I can tell from internet-history-digging they OG coined the term "digital garden" 🌱 and have a wonderful series of reflections on the concept here: https://t.co/TERmK4mzYE ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250538322382008320)) > 14. Update on the historical origin! > Thanks to [tomcritchlow](https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow) and [BillSeitz](https://twitter.com/BillSeitz) for the backstory insights > The linkbacks flow through Mike Caufield's "The Garden and the Stream: A Technopastoral" > https://t.co/8NTOduqsZx > Which leads back to... ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250796236527058944)) > 15. Mark Bernstein's 1998 essay / explorative experience "Hypertext Gardens" - https://t.co/GjQxfOM0Yf > "Unplanned hypertext sprawl is wilderness: complex and interesting, but uninviting. Interesting things await us in the thickets." > ❤️ This design aesthetic >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1250797198155157504)) > 16. Overdue addition to the list, but [swyx](https://twitter.com/swyx) has an entire 'Digital Garden Terms of Service' agreement! > https://t.co/ESVoqdsom8 > A beautifully reflection on what we should expect as readers and gardeners - Epistemic disclosure, proper attribution, and the right to be wrong ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1260966673714221056)) > [swyx](https://twitter.com/swyx) 17. This collection has now matured into a full grown essay documenting the history of "digital gardening" as an ethos 🌲 > https://t.co/zvViVfKIe5 ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/Mappletons/status/1426937335460114441))