Building curation technology for working gardens.https://joshpham.com/https://joshpham.com/post/built-in-our-image/https://joshpham.com/post/built-in-our-image/AI products extend the kind of intelligence that lives in text. The kind that holds rooms together has no tooling at all.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/writing-has-no-tasting-room/https://joshpham.com/post/writing-has-no-tasting-room/Coffee has a tasting room. Writing keeps its depth inside. On the distance between carrying something real and being found through it.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/the-garden-were-building-inside/https://joshpham.com/post/the-garden-were-building-inside/Listening to Justin Bieber retell Genesis in Iceland, I found a framework for AI, cognitive architecture, and choosing knowledge over intimacy.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/sacred-saddlebags/https://joshpham.com/post/sacred-saddlebags/Medieval portable altars traveled from Denmark to Constantinople. What do portable tools teach us about practice between institutions?Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/the-fingerprint-in-the-wire/https://joshpham.com/post/the-fingerprint-in-the-wire/Anders Hermansen's wire prototypes in Copenhagen showed me what separates designs that carry a maker's fingerprint from those that follow trends.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/visible-idols-hidden-trust-rethinking-restoration-in-a-digital-world/https://joshpham.com/post/visible-idols-hidden-trust-rethinking-restoration-in-a-digital-world/True renewal isn't found in recreating the past. Drawing from theology and technology, I explore why renovation requires trust in what cannot yet be seen.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/charting-a-route-and-a-tool-that-doesnt-exist-yet/https://joshpham.com/post/charting-a-route-and-a-tool-that-doesnt-exist-yet/Planning a solo Pyrenees trek revealed how fragmented trip planning tools are—and sparked ideas for what a better experience could look like.Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/how-books-inspire-me-months-later-my-obsidian-workflow/https://joshpham.com/post/how-books-inspire-me-months-later-my-obsidian-workflow/A detailed walkthrough of my Obsidian setup for effortless capture, Readwise integration, and a morning routine that finally made me a morning person.Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/building-my-astrolabe/https://joshpham.com/post/building-my-astrolabe/After years of fragmented note-taking across a dozen apps, I built an Obsidian system that turns scattered thoughts into a navigable knowledge graph.Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://joshpham.com/post/taking-shape/https://joshpham.com/post/taking-shape/Building a ukulele by hand taught me that shaping an instrument is really about shaping yourself—through the sawdust and doors left open.Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT