A working collection

Second
Order

Systems, objects, observations, and experiments—collected while trying to understand how things work.

Begin here

01 / About

A record of learning, reconstruction, and making.

Second Order is an evolving home for work that begins with curiosity: understanding a process, tracing an artifact, documenting what is found, and seeing what can be made from it.

02 / The Index

Current areas of inquiry

01

Systems

Process, knowledge, documentation, AI, and the architecture of useful information.

02

Practice

Professional work in process improvement, knowledge systems, documentation, AI, and the practical work of making organizations easier to understand.

03

Fieldwork

Photography, drone work, experimental archaeology, and close observation of the physical world.

04

Objects

Clay, restoration, handheld consoles, artifacts, and things made by hand.

05

Notes

Writing on information, culture, strange films, games, philosophy, and whatever refuses to stay unexamined.