## About Me
I'm a **frontend developer** and **UI designer** focused on web development. My background is in **interactive media design**, and I've worked as a software engineer, developer, web designer, and agency ad designer.
I also have strong interests in writing, sociology and history which I study in my free time.
This the public-facing end of a larger **Personal Knowlege Management** (PKM) system I've been refining over the last few years (explanation below).
See my [[Project Notes]] for an explanation of current personal projects.
### What is PKM?
I keep this **zettelkasten ("slipbox")** as a way to process and solidify new learning through note taking, organizing ideas into topics, and eventually developing them into permanent nodes of inter-connected ideas, forming an intentional **mind map** that reinforces connections between ideas.
The published notes available here represent a small fraction of a much larger project which I undertook in 2020 in order to help me develop a new way to study. It now contains thousands of interconnected ideas, reading references, written articles, and permanent research projects.
Many others have helped me understand this powerful idea and I hope more will learn! This is a permanent, evolving, [[⏶ Obsidian Process 2023|work in progress]].
### More Resources
[[⏶ Obsidian Process 2023|My Obsidian process]]
[How to Take Smart Notes](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34507927-how-to-take-smart-notes) by Sönke Ahrens
[Bryan Jenks' YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/BryanJenksTech)
## Contact Me
Projects: [mikecarlson.io](https://mikecarlson.io)
Email: [
[email protected]](mailto:
[email protected])
📫 Socials
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-carlson-dev/)
- [Github](https://github.com/mtzfox)
- [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8084837-mike)
- [Codewars](https://www.codewars.com/users/mtzfox)
**I avoid FB and Twitter** and [you](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/) [can](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/) [too](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39669100-ten-arguments-for-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now)
