I help educators understand the digital world so their students inherit power, not just access.
Currently exploring AI, digital literacy, education, and the systems shaping how we learn and work online.
You’re reading wiobyrne.com, the public record of my essays, book notes, publications, and longer-form writing. The ongoing stream lives at Digitally Literate. Subscribe on Substack for weekly notes in your inbox.
Overstory
Writing in public
- Apr 24, 2026
Karpathy Found the Pattern. Educators Have Been Teaching It for Years.
How Karpathy's LLM wiki pattern maps onto educator knowledge work and local AI systems.
- Apr 24, 2026
Writing Is a Process. So Is Losing Your Voice.
Why I use AI to mirror my voice without outsourcing the thinking that happens in drafting.
- Apr 3, 2026
How You Can Actually Tell Which AI Model You’re Using
Practical ways to tell which AI model you are using when platforms and models stay opaque.
Canopy
Reading and record
Recent book notes
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Digital Minimalism
In "Digital Minimalism," Cal Newport delves into the detrimental effects of excessive screen time and constant connectivity on our mental health, relationships, and overall well-being.
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The Attention Merchants
In "The Attention Merchants," Tim Wu takes readers on a journey through the evolution of advertising and attention-grabbing practices, tracing their roots from early newspapers to the digital age.
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The Shallows
Carr argues that the web rewards scanning and quick response, and that those habits can reshape how we read, remember, and think.
Recent publications
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Co-Constructing Digital Futures
A book chapter on children, families, and what it means to navigate digital rights and protections together.
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When you know better, do better: Developing antiracist, digitally literate educators through critical media literacy
A book chapter on preparing antiracist, digitally literate educators through critical media literacy.
Rhizosphere
Connection and infrastructure
Overstory holds the homepage and the writing archive. This is where the public argument lives, from quick notes to finished essays.
Canopy holds the book notes and the publications record. This is where reading and formal scholarship sit next to one another without collapsing into the same thing.
Rhizosphere holds the entry points and support pages: about, contact, work with me, the colophon, and the other structural pages that help the site stay readable.
Here you’ll find the archive. The living garden grows next door at Digitally Literate, where notes and newsletters stay more connective, less finished.
Reading is a practice, not a possession. The site is built to make that visible.