Everything is my fault.
On this place, constructed by me, not only is all wrong mine, but also all right mine.
I write here. About what comes to mind. I work with an open door without the slightest thought of virality or algorithm-adapted content.
The page is structured as a digital garden, a collection of notes, essays, and ideas in various stages of maturity linked by hyperlinks – a mysterious mutation of a blog and a wiki. Completely free from chronology.
Enjoy, Ola.
Storytelling
The importance of having an outstanding premise
The premise is what makes me constantly come back and continue developing. The formula is simple — but what makes a premise truly good?
Character development in Avatar
What Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra do right — and wrong — with character development and change over time.
Enshitification
Business models, business schmodels
About frustration when business models are hidden under layers of manipulative UX — chatbots, social media, and the illusion that this is the only way.
Why are there so few pictures of treehouses built by children?
A bitter thought about how algorithms and enshittification have made it difficult to find the genuine and imperfect on the internet.
AI
Other
I really like Anthony Jeselnik
Email book club, political stances, and striking honesty. A short list of why I respect him.
Why a digital garden?
A student's link tip led to Maggie Appleton, which led to the insight into how deeply we are stuck in others' business systems — and what is actually possible.