Digitally Literate
Hi, I’m Ian.
I think about how we read, write, and learn in digital spaces.
I care about tools that help people feel creative, capable, and connected. Not overwhelmed or extracted from.
This site is my working notebook. A place to think out loud, test ideas, and share what I’m learning as I go.
If you’re looking for polished essays and formal projects, you’ll find those at wiobyrne.com. If you want the messy middle, the experiments, questions, and half-formed thoughts, you’re in the right place.
🌿 What this is
Digitally Literate is a digital garden.
Notes grow here over time.
Nothing is finished. Everything is evolving.
Ideas move through stages of maturity:
- 🌱 Seeds — quick notes, questions, fragments
- 🌿 Plants — developing connections and patterns
- 🌲 Evergreens — durable insights, polished and ready to share
- 🪴 Groves — curated clusters of related notes on a theme
- 🌳 Forests — big-picture syntheses across multiple groves
Not sure where to start? Try the Start Here page, explore the Groves, or just wander. Follow links. See what connects.
🧭 What I’m exploring lately
Right now I’m thinking about how we can:
- reconnect personal knowledge tools to the open web
- design digital communities around trust and stewardship
- use AI as a cognitive amplifier (not a replacement for thinking)
- treat digital literacy as collective sensemaking
Most posts touch one or more of these threads.
✳️ Connect
- 💬 Say hello: hello@digitallyliterate.net
- 🌍 Professional site: wiobyrne.com
- 📨 Join the newsletter: digitallyliterate.net/newsletter
Let’s build a more open, ethical, and human web. One connection at a time.