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Ethan
@ethansturtles.bsky.social
He/him - My writing on connecting digital design and critical theory: turtlesdown.substack.com

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“A grown man rediscovers his imaginary friend from childhood, a huge rabbit, who accompanies him.” - just in case you were wondering what film ideas Disney were coming up with in the early 90s.

My latest article for Turtles is about how we can create a system for our ideas:
What to do with your ideas
Developing an ideas system
turtlesdown.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"For us to construct ideas in their image, we must create information which is both content and structure, column and row, and have their value as these be defined by the relationships between them."

My new article, on the shape of ideas:
What is the shape of an idea?
Becoming an ideas designer
turtlesdown.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The direction of technology has an air of inevitability to it, whether it’s AGI or trips to Mars, but we haven’t all necessarily signed up for the programme.

I wrote some thoughts on how we could create very different technologies, and the road to get there:
To imagine different technology, we must imagine a different world
The human spirit will outlast your sales pipeline
turtlesdown.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you ever struggle to answer the question 'what do you do?' this one's for you:

This is my favourite article yet for Turtles, have a read if you want to explore a bit about how the digital world shapes our identity, and how we might re-shape both.

turtlesdown.substack.com/p/break-out-...
Break out of your box
You are unique, irreducible
turtlesdown.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If the only goal of digital platforms is to increase efficiency and reduce process, is it any surprise there so few digital spaces truly dedicated to creative process?

My latest article, on why I built an inefficient platform:

turtlesdown.substack.com/p/why-i-buil...
Ethan's Turtles | Ethan Corcoran | Substack
Ideas for a radically different digital space. Click to read Ethan's Turtles, by Ethan Corcoran, a Substack publication. Launched 4 years ago.
turtlesdown.substack.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
I made an infinite haiku on Clusta, check it out 🍄
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Clusta. | A new kind of text
Write things down differently, inspire new ideas.
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December 8, 2023 at 3:28 PM