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Designer and social web ⁂ advocate 🍻 @atproto.boston 🔎 @ecosystemaction.com 🤖 @lobstahbots.com 🌐 tynanpurdy.com 🔗 links.tynanpurdy.com 💬 Signal @tynanpurdy.95
All existing proposals are wrong because they are all right
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Howdy, I’m Tynan, a Boston-based designer and public-interest-technology advocate. I think about systems and build experiences at the intersection of tech and people.
5 pieces of context on a single post, proving what the social web offers today
Like Pinterest, but enshittification-proof
My new blog about the Atmosphere, for those who don't know what the heck that means
My talk at the 2026 ATmosphere Conference
Resources and projects in attendance at the AtmosphereConf 2026 Dive Into User Research workshop
Reflections on my first ATmosphereConf
W is proof that the ecosystem is working
Where everything is worth building
Books, independent media, fun swag, tea, coffee, socks
Some thoughts for Boris et al.
Content is not a moat anymore. You have to compete on experience.
it doesn't look like much, but it represents the whole mission