# Field notes.

Things I am exploring through my work: making, conversations, technology and what happens between people.

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<article class="notes-feature notes-feature--large"><p class="note-meta">Making · Attention · 25 March 2026</p><h2><a href="/en/notes/the-other-side-of-the-hill/">The other side of the hill</a></h2><img src="/beeld/nieuw/aandacht.webp" alt="Hands sand a wooden spoon at a workbench." width="1400" height="933" decoding="async"><blockquote>“The effort you put into something is attention.”</blockquote><p>On the speed of AI, making by hand and the world beyond the screen.</p><p><a href="/en/notes/the-other-side-of-the-hill/">Read the field note →</a></p></article>
<article class="notes-feature notes-feature--quiet"><p class="note-meta">Design · Conversations · 9 May 2025</p><h2><a href="/en/notes/strategic-prep-ai-prompt/">How strategic prep made the AI prompt click</a></h2><p>The preparation behind an echo during a live session: what should that reflection offer the group?</p><p><a href="/en/notes/strategic-prep-ai-prompt/">Read the field note →</a></p></article>
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## All field notes

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### [The other side of the hill](/en/notes/the-other-side-of-the-hill/)
<p class="note-meta">Making · Attention · 25 March 2026</p>

On the speed of AI, making by hand and the world beyond the screen.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/the-other-side-of-the-hill/)

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### [The Systems Thinker Trap: when thinking becomes more important than beginning](/en/notes/systems-thinker-trap/)
<p class="note-meta">Learning · Making · 19 September 2025</p>

How designing an ever more elegant system can get in the way of beginning.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/systems-thinker-trap/)

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### [Why I use AI for real conversations.](/en/notes/why-i-use-ai-for-real-conversations/)
<p class="note-meta">Conversations · Technology · 24 June 2025</p>

A personal exploration of what can emerge in a conversation with AI.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/why-i-use-ai-for-real-conversations/)

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### [AI connected my workshop to my work](/en/notes/ai-connected-my-workshop-to-my-work/)
<p class="note-meta">Making · Technology · 15 June 2025</p>

An experiment with AI as a mirror for the connection between my workshop and my work.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/ai-connected-my-workshop-to-my-work/)

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### [From live dialogue to AI-crafted podcast](/en/notes/live-dialogue-ai-crafted-podcast/)
<p class="note-meta">Conversations · Audio · 30 May 2025</p>

A recorded workshop became the source for a generated podcast. Includes the audio version.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/live-dialogue-ai-crafted-podcast/)

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### [The moment AI became normal](/en/notes/the-moment-ai-became-normal/)
<p class="note-meta">Collaboration · Technology · 23 May 2025</p>

What changed when the conversation took centre stage again and AI moved into the background.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/the-moment-ai-became-normal/)

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### [Prompting our way to connection](/en/notes/prompting-our-way-to-connection/)
<p class="note-meta">Questions · Ownership · 16 May 2025</p>

How questions and prompts can help build on what people contribute themselves.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/prompting-our-way-to-connection/)

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### [How strategic prep made the AI prompt click](/en/notes/strategic-prep-ai-prompt/)
<p class="note-meta">Design · Conversations · 9 May 2025</p>

The preparation behind an echo during a live session: what should that reflection offer the group?

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/strategic-prep-ai-prompt/)

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### [When AI sparks ownership](/en/notes/when-ai-sparks-ownership/)
<p class="note-meta">Collaboration · Language · 1 May 2025</p>

What happens when people recognise their own words in a shared draft plan.

[Read the field note →](/en/notes/when-ai-sparks-ownership/)

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## From the Social AI Field Guide

These pieces live in the Social AI Field Guide. Each begins with a question from practice and gives you something to try or inspect.

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### [Prompt the people first](https://socialaiveldgids.nl/social-ai/en/prompt-the-people-first)
What kind of experience do your questions invite people to share?

[Read this piece <span class="arrow-ne" aria-hidden="true">→</span>](https://socialaiveldgids.nl/social-ai/en/prompt-the-people-first)

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### [Language as ownership](https://socialaiveldgids.nl/social-ai/en/preserving-language)
When does a useful summary stop sounding like the people who spoke?

[Read this piece <span class="arrow-ne" aria-hidden="true">→</span>](https://socialaiveldgids.nl/social-ai/en/preserving-language)

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### [Patterns over time](https://socialaiveldgids.nl/social-ai/en/patterns-over-time)
What changes when you place conversations alongside each other?

[Read this piece <span class="arrow-ne" aria-hidden="true">→</span>](https://socialaiveldgids.nl/social-ai/en/patterns-over-time)

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Joost MF Liebregts · joost@purposedesign.nl
Last updated: 2026-09-22
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