If you’ve landed here and are wondering what this site is or how best to reach me, this is the short version.
Afterword is my home on the web. It’s where I keep short updates, photos, check-ins, and longer notes about cities, neighborhoods, design, transit, music, and the small things that keep catching my attention. Some parts of it are powered by my own PDS, but I still think of this domain as the center of gravity.
By profession I’m an urban planner. Outside of work I’m usually taking pictures as an amateur photographer, trying to grow tomatoes, or listening closely to music. I play guitar too, usually in a nerdy pedals-and-amps way, but mostly because getting lost in it is still one of the best ways I know to reset and feel a little more like myself. I’m also married and a dad of two little ones, which shapes the rhythms of this place even when I’m not writing about family directly.
A lot of what shows up here comes from wandering around with too many thoughts about buildings, public space, neighborhood life, creativity, and the question of how to make a personal site feel more human than a profile page. I still believe the internet should have more human-sized corners.
Start Here
- Field Notes for the more personal, place-based writing.
- Planning & Urbanism for the professional side of my brain.
- Gallery if you’d rather start with images.
- Now for a snapshot of what currently has my attention.
- Media for the soundtrack, the reading stack, and the part of my brain that gets excited about guitar sounds.
- Check-ins if you like maps, places, and traces of where I’ve been.
How To Reach Me
- For public conversation, Bluesky is the best bet. That’s the place I’m most likely to reply in a timely way.
- For a private note, use the contact page.
- If you found me through an old fediverse or side-project profile, I probably won’t be active there in the same way anymore. This site and Bluesky are the real places to find me now.
A Few Expectations
- I like slower, more thoughtful exchanges more than the endless churn of posting for posting’s sake.
- I don’t mind people reaching out cold if there’s a genuine reason. A note about a post, a city, a photograph, a shared obsession, or a recommendation is always a good place to start.
- If you’re mostly trying to figure out who I am before diving in, the About page fills in more of the background, and the Colophon explains how this site is put together.
Mostly, I just want this place to feel approachable. If something here resonates with you, feel free to say hello.