Nye's Digital Lab is a weekly scribble on creativity in the age of AI and Distributed Networks.
This week I published a book! And I'm reflecting on my weekly blog practice.
A year ago, I made myself a promise: write one essay every week, no matter what.
I needed a forcing function. A deadline. A reason to sit down and wrestle with ideas about creativity, artificial intelligence, distributed networks, and the weird new world we're all trying to figure out together.
A year later, I turned twenty-eight of those essays into a book. Nye's Digital Lab 2025, and it represents something I've been telling my students for years but needed to prove to myself:
that showing up consistently matters more than waiting for perfection.
So I made a book. Which has some sort of historical merit.
I learned the whole process: laying out pages (with an handy app called Atticus), formatting for Kindle, navigating Amazon's publishing platform. It was an education in itself. But now I know how to do it, and it becomes another means of expression.
The book exists in two forms: a traditional version you can buy through Amazon, and a limited on-chain manuscript (only 100 copies, complete with typos) for anyone who wants to collect something a little more raw.
Available on Amazon:
g For a year, educator and creative technologist Nye Warburton has been writing weekly essays at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and human creativity. This collection brings together 28 of his most compelling pieces-field notes from someone standing at ...
Limited Collectible Available on chain on Manifold.xyz:
NyeWarburton on Manifold
Why both?
Because I think there's value in the polished version and cryptographic proof of the process artifact. The finished book represents a year of thinking, refined and organized. The manuscript represents the messiness of actually making something and the evidence of "human hands."
All twenty-eight essays remain free to read on the blog. As well as another 30 more! I am pleased with the library of content and hope it is of value to all who read it.
The book is just a different way to engage with the same ideas. A physical object, or a digital collectible, that marks a moment in time. Which, I'm still hoping will matter when AI runs all over this place.
I intend to keep going.
The edges of AI are getting weirder—I've been playing with Arduino boards, thinking about sensors, wondering what happens when intelligence moves into physical objects. I guess that means robots? Just "intelligent things" I guess.
I'm still obsessed with questions about open source versus closed source, about intellectual property in a world where anyone can generate anything. And increasingly, I'm thinking about cities—about civics, about how "smart city" infrastructure will change governance and daily life.
And honestly, I am a little worried about smart cities.
But mostly, I'm thinking about consistency. About showing up again next week, and the week after that. About building trust with the small community of readers who actually engage with this work. So, thanks.
The creator economy wants us to believe that success means millions of followers consuming algorithmic slop. That we need TikTok strategies and viral moments and personal brands. And maybe that's true for some people. But there's another path: showing up consistently for an audience that actually cares. Building something real instead of something loud.
This book is proof. Proof that you can make something meaningful by committing to the work, week after week, even when no one's watching.
Here are those links again, should you still be interested.
Thanks for your support.
g For a year, educator and creative technologist Nye Warburton has been writing weekly essays at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and human creativity. This collection brings together 28 of his most compelling pieces-field notes from someone standing at ...
NyeWarburton on Manifold
I do this every week. If you vibe to the ideas I express consider subscribing or sharing with friends.
Nye Warburton is a creative technologist and educator from Savannah, Georgia. This essay was improvised with Otter.ai, and refined and edited in Claude Opus 4.5.
For more information visit: https://nyewarburton.com
Projects with Purpose, October 26, 2025
Networks of Trust, September 21, 2025
Royalties, Attribution and the Blockchain, February 15, 2023
Nye's Digital Lab is a weekly scribble on creativity in the age of AI and Distributed Networks.
This week I published a book! And I'm reflecting on my weekly blog practice.
A year ago, I made myself a promise: write one essay every week, no matter what.
I needed a forcing function. A deadline. A reason to sit down and wrestle with ideas about creativity, artificial intelligence, distributed networks, and the weird new world we're all trying to figure out together.
A year later, I turned twenty-eight of those essays into a book. Nye's Digital Lab 2025, and it represents something I've been telling my students for years but needed to prove to myself:
that showing up consistently matters more than waiting for perfection.
So I made a book. Which has some sort of historical merit.
I learned the whole process: laying out pages (with an handy app called Atticus), formatting for Kindle, navigating Amazon's publishing platform. It was an education in itself. But now I know how to do it, and it becomes another means of expression.
The book exists in two forms: a traditional version you can buy through Amazon, and a limited on-chain manuscript (only 100 copies, complete with typos) for anyone who wants to collect something a little more raw.
Available on Amazon:
g For a year, educator and creative technologist Nye Warburton has been writing weekly essays at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and human creativity. This collection brings together 28 of his most compelling pieces-field notes from someone standing at ...
Limited Collectible Available on chain on Manifold.xyz:
NyeWarburton on Manifold
Why both?
Because I think there's value in the polished version and cryptographic proof of the process artifact. The finished book represents a year of thinking, refined and organized. The manuscript represents the messiness of actually making something and the evidence of "human hands."
All twenty-eight essays remain free to read on the blog. As well as another 30 more! I am pleased with the library of content and hope it is of value to all who read it.
The book is just a different way to engage with the same ideas. A physical object, or a digital collectible, that marks a moment in time. Which, I'm still hoping will matter when AI runs all over this place.
I intend to keep going.
The edges of AI are getting weirder—I've been playing with Arduino boards, thinking about sensors, wondering what happens when intelligence moves into physical objects. I guess that means robots? Just "intelligent things" I guess.
I'm still obsessed with questions about open source versus closed source, about intellectual property in a world where anyone can generate anything. And increasingly, I'm thinking about cities—about civics, about how "smart city" infrastructure will change governance and daily life.
And honestly, I am a little worried about smart cities.
But mostly, I'm thinking about consistency. About showing up again next week, and the week after that. About building trust with the small community of readers who actually engage with this work. So, thanks.
The creator economy wants us to believe that success means millions of followers consuming algorithmic slop. That we need TikTok strategies and viral moments and personal brands. And maybe that's true for some people. But there's another path: showing up consistently for an audience that actually cares. Building something real instead of something loud.
This book is proof. Proof that you can make something meaningful by committing to the work, week after week, even when no one's watching.
Here are those links again, should you still be interested.
Thanks for your support.
g For a year, educator and creative technologist Nye Warburton has been writing weekly essays at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and human creativity. This collection brings together 28 of his most compelling pieces-field notes from someone standing at ...
NyeWarburton on Manifold
I do this every week. If you vibe to the ideas I express consider subscribing or sharing with friends.
Nye Warburton is a creative technologist and educator from Savannah, Georgia. This essay was improvised with Otter.ai, and refined and edited in Claude Opus 4.5.
For more information visit: https://nyewarburton.com
Projects with Purpose, October 26, 2025
Networks of Trust, September 21, 2025
Royalties, Attribution and the Blockchain, February 15, 2023
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