About this space
This is my space, sort of like MySpace but with a space in between. It’s Megu.space!
This space is built following the principles of the handmade web, digital gardening, privacy, the green web, and the small web. By publishing Markdown notes written in Obsidian, I’m able to edit all my notes at once, create references, backlinks, and see a graph of ideas grow.
Because of the ease of publishing, this space will encompass everything from fleeting thoughts to case studies on recent work. Anything that requires me to write with an open mindset will be published here and edited whenever I feel like it.
You’ll notice that each note lists date last updated instead of created. But they are not sorted in chronological order. Instead, you will navigate this site through backlinks and links to other notes, traversing my thoughts in a relational way similar to how my mind works.
Find me elsewhere on the web:
- megumi.co (main website)
- Are.na
- Behance
- Gumroad (stickers, zines)
- Design Tutorials (Sketch)
If this free content is helpful to you, please consider buying me a tea! 🍵
Garden Terms
Inspired by Shawn Wang, here is a disclaimer on the content I write in this digital garden.
- I reserve the right to change my mind, be wrong, or incomplete in the knowledge on this site
- This is a living space which will shift and grow over time, so please browse with patience
- I present these incomplete thoughts in the hopes that together we can start a meaningful dialogue about these ideas
Here are some quotes that inspire me:
A garden doesn’t shout into the void. It stays put and complexifies. It quietly grows.
A garden can create ‘finished products’ but not immediately, and not without showing the in-between steps first.
Privacy Policy
This site has no ads, cookies, or third party hosted tracking scripts. Limited analytics collected through open-source and privacy respecting software called Matomo from my other domain megumi.tech. Personally identifiable information is not collected or shared with anyone else. There are no user accounts and IP addresses are anonymized.
Both megu.space and megumi.tech are hosted by Krystal UK, which is GDPR compliant.
I may sometimes include affiliate links or promo codes for companies I really like. I will always disclose exactly which links are affiliated. My goal is to ensure that your personal data is not tracked for advertising purposes without your explicit consent, so these affiliate links will be easily avoidable.
If you sign up for the email newsletter, your email address will be stored with Buttondown. To protect your privacy, email tracking is disabled. Read more about Buttondown’s privacy standards in my post From Mailchimp to Buttondown.
License
All content and photographs, unless otherwise stated, were created by and © Megumi. For usage permission, please email me.
Theme based on the work of Maxime Vaillancourt.
First version launched in December 2020. Current Jekyll theme is called the Green Web Template. It was developed by Megumi Tanaka and is open source, available on Github.
Servers are powered by 100% renewables—a mix of 🌊 hydro, 😎 solar, and 🍃 wind powered energy. Hosted by Krystal UK (affiliate link). Sign up with code MEGUMI10 to receive £10 off your order. Jekyll site deployed via DeployHQ, owned by Krystal UK and using the same green server infrastructure
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Current Typefaces: Typeset in Eiko, Redaction, Lusitana, and Courier Prime.
Here are all the notes in this garden, along with their links, visualized as a graph.