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ChatGPT, Research Outputs and Writing for the Web

The reasons are new. The recommendations, not so much.

4 min readFeb 9, 2023

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jjosephmiller

The Rebirth of the Author

You won’t believe what happens when ChatGPT meets French literary theory: the results will shock you!†

5 min readDec 14, 2022

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Largely illegible collage of random letters in different typefaces and a few shapes and ink blotches.

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jjosephmiller

UI Design as Normal Science

The desktop GUI has shaped the way we think about human-computer interactions for the better part of 40 years. That may be changing.

5 min readNov 2, 2022

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A young Steve Jobs wearing a non-customary blazer and bow tie introduces the original Macintosh in 1984.

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Reading research outputs online is a lousy experience and I’m salty about it

Remarks at the launch event for Screens, Research and Hypertext

6 min readJun 15, 2022

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jjosephmiller

My love-hate relationship with personal knowledge management tools

The theoretical gains from a good PKM system are tremendous. But are they enough to justify adding time-consuming new processes?

3 min readMay 22, 2022

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My love-hate relationship with personal knowledge management tools

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jjosephmiller

Researching with a second brain

Or, why the research community should be writing with tools like Roam Research

3 min readMay 17, 2022

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Screenshots of Roam Research. Three windows are open showing different passages. Thin lines show connections between blocks of content in the different windows.

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jjosephmiller

In search of the perfect writing tool

Good software won’t make you a better writer. But bad software can make you a worse one.

5 min readMay 10, 2022

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Screenshot showing the credit screen for MacWrite II, an early word processing program from Claris, written for the Macintosh.

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jjosephmiller

On writing digital reports

What if “digital-first report” is an oxymoron?

6 min readMay 4, 2022

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Photo showing two copies of an annual report for New America. One copy is closed showing part of a black and white striped cover. The other is opened to a fold-out spread showing in double-page infographic and a table of contents.

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jjosephmiller

The Rhetoric of Content Types

For think tanks, the structure of a piece of content isn’t always the same as its function. It’s time CMSs start treating them differently.

10 min readDec 14, 2020

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The Rhetoric of Content Types

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Miles, Marcel, Marshall and Marginalia

Or, experiments in writing for the web

8 min readApr 1, 2020

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Miles, Marcel, Marshall and Marginalia

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jjosephmiller

jjosephmiller

Employing hypertext to explore ambiguous idea spaces. Principal, Fountain Digital Consulting. Author SCREENS, RESEARCH AND HYPERTEXT. Recovering philosopher.

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