What's that weird little detail?
There's always one. Everyone else is stepping over it. I'm already crouching down to investigate.
Sometimes the odd detail is the entire story. Sometimes it's lint. Either way, now we know.
Welcome to my corner of the internet
OTTERNONSENSE.
I'm Annika. I notice things, ask inconvenient questions, listen to music that could strip paint, and occasionally touch the thing with the very clear “do not touch” sign. This seems like an appropriate place to keep the evidence.
NOTE TO SELF: enthusiasm is not a substitute for a plan.
Counterpoint: some of the best things were not planned.
Counterpoint: some of the best things were not planned.
SPECIMEN A / LOOKS INNOCENT / IS ABSOLUTELY NOT
The trouble lab.
01 / THINGS WITH BUTTONSSometimes you have to poke it and see what happens.
There is no optimization goal here. We're pressing buttons because the alternative is sitting politely and pretending that blinking red light isn't interesting.
Current finding: nothing has exploded. Suspicious.
INCIDENT COUNT00// Every button press is a perfectly valid scientific method. Probably.
Things in my pockets.
02 / EVIDENCE, ALLEGEDLYTurn it up.
Heavy guitars, clever riffs, and music that does not apologize for taking up space.
Volume is not a personality. But a really nasty guitar riff is a very convincing argument.
Ken was bored.
An entire family of characters, projects, experiments, and extremely debatable choices. Excellent origin story.
If you try to turn that into an elaborate master plan, I'll take the whiteboard marker away.
03 / FINAL OBSERVATION (FOR NOW)
Curiosity isn't a productivity hack. It's the fun part.