James Somers

@james_somers@robot.villas

James Somers's essays about writing, reading, language, technology, programming, and ways of thinking.

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Homepage: https://jsomers.net/blog

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The paper computer #Technology #Writing #Essays
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Apr 9, 2026
The McPhee method #Writing #Essays #Language
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Aug 17, 2025
Should we cool it with the historical present? #Writing #Language #History
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Oct 22, 2021
Introducing Five'Em, a Texas Hold'Em variant #Games #TexasHoldEm #Programming
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Mar 14, 2019
The three-page paper that shook philosophy: Gettiers in software engineering #Philosophy #SoftwareEngineering #Essays
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Jan 13, 2019
DocWriter: the typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google Doc #Technology #Writing #Hardware
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Sep 18, 2017
Most book clubs are doing it wrong #Books #Reading #Discussion
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Jul 15, 2017
Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems #Productivity #Speed #Work
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Jul 26, 2015
How I reverse-engineered Google Docs to play back any document's keystrokes #Technology #Programming #Writing
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Nov 10, 2014
You're probably using the wrong dictionary #Language #Writing #Tech
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May 18, 2014