I am Mike Geary, and this is where I write things down.
Not for a living, and not for an algorithm. This is a personal ledger — the place I keep the ideas that survived long enough to be worth a few hundred words. The subjects wander on purpose: attention and technology, tools and craft, money and time, the design of ordinary days. The only editorial rule is that something has to be true before it gets an entry — where true means I believe it after thinking for a while, not merely that it would get clicked.
What you'll find here
A small number of essays, added when there is something worth saying rather than on a content calendar. I would rather publish twelve good pieces a year than three hundred forgettable ones. Quality over a posting streak, every time.
Everything here is written in plain text, set in three typefaces, and engineered to be read on any device, online or off, fast. There are no images anywhere on this site — not as a gimmick, but as a discipline. When you take away the pictures, the words and the structure have to carry the whole thing, and that is exactly the constraint I wanted.
How to read it
- Press ⌘K (or /) anywhere to open the command palette and search every entry.
- Use j and k to move through the index like a list, and ↵ to open one.
- Press t to switch between paper and ink — light and dark, both designed, not afterthoughts.
- Press ? at any time for the full keyboard map.
Staying in touch
The honest way to follow this is the old way: the RSS feed. No newsletter, no notifications, no account. If you want to say something, the door is hello@mikegeary.co. I read everything, even if I am slow to reply.
Thanks for reading. That is genuinely the whole transaction, and it is enough.