Jorge Arango
@jarango.bsky.social
Information Architect
Books: Duly Noted, Living in Information, Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond
More IA: https://jarango.com
Course: http://ia.wtf
Books: Duly Noted, Living in Information, Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond
More IA: https://jarango.com
Course: http://ia.wtf
A week from today, Greg Petroff and I will host a livestream about what superagency means for SMBs. We'll ground the discussion in our initial learnings at unfinishe_.
I recommend reading "Superagency" prior to the session. Here's my overview: jarango.com/2025/11/13/b...
I recommend reading "Superagency" prior to the session. Here's my overview: jarango.com/2025/11/13/b...
Book Notes: “Superagency”
A compelling argument for a “glass half-full” approach to developing and deploying AI.
jarango.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A week from today, Greg Petroff and I will host a livestream about what superagency means for SMBs. We'll ground the discussion in our initial learnings at unfinishe_.
I recommend reading "Superagency" prior to the session. Here's my overview: jarango.com/2025/11/13/b...
I recommend reading "Superagency" prior to the session. Here's my overview: jarango.com/2025/11/13/b...
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Sketch Your Mind conference about how I've used visual thinking tools and techniques to write my books.
The recording is now online. If you’re a visual thinker with a book in you, I think you’ll find it helpful.
youtu.be/opjnRi22dGo
The recording is now online. If you’re a visual thinker with a book in you, I think you’ll find it helpful.
youtu.be/opjnRi22dGo
How I Write My Books with Jorge Arango - Sketch Your Mind Conference, 2025
📝 Session summary https://sketch-your-mind.com/2025/sessions/Jorge
🗺️ Map of the Conference https://link.excalidraw.com/readonly/eTwaLHae7kbyIpXKkS3d
🎶 Get the Conference Music…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Sketch Your Mind conference about how I've used visual thinking tools and techniques to write my books.
The recording is now online. If you’re a visual thinker with a book in you, I think you’ll find it helpful.
youtu.be/opjnRi22dGo
The recording is now online. If you’re a visual thinker with a book in you, I think you’ll find it helpful.
youtu.be/opjnRi22dGo
A presentation about the visual tools and techniques I’ve used to write my books.
How I Write My Books
A presentation about the visual tools and techniques I’ve used to write my books.
jarango.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A presentation about the visual tools and techniques I’ve used to write my books.
What does "superagency" mean for small and medium businesses trying to get work done?
Next week, Greg Petroff and I are launching a new series of live conversations to explore the possibilities of AI for SMBs.
Next week, Greg Petroff and I are launching a new series of live conversations to explore the possibilities of AI for SMBs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What does "superagency" mean for small and medium businesses trying to get work done?
Next week, Greg Petroff and I are launching a new series of live conversations to explore the possibilities of AI for SMBs.
Next week, Greg Petroff and I are launching a new series of live conversations to explore the possibilities of AI for SMBs.
Last year, I shared a script that uses LLMs to draw concept maps. With the release of Claude Agent Skills, I thought it'd be neat to adapt it to give Claude better concept mapping abilities.
Here's a walkthrough + installation instructions.
youtu.be/Q3z51o5mS_A?...
Here's a walkthrough + installation instructions.
youtu.be/Q3z51o5mS_A?...
LLMapper: A Claude Skill for drawing concept maps
YouTube video by Jorge Arango
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last year, I shared a script that uses LLMs to draw concept maps. With the release of Claude Agent Skills, I thought it'd be neat to adapt it to give Claude better concept mapping abilities.
Here's a walkthrough + installation instructions.
youtu.be/Q3z51o5mS_A?...
Here's a walkthrough + installation instructions.
youtu.be/Q3z51o5mS_A?...
An new Skill that gives Claude the ability to draw and manipulate concept maps.
The LLMapper Agent Skill
An new Skill that gives Claude the ability to draw and manipulate concept maps.
jarango.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An new Skill that gives Claude the ability to draw and manipulate concept maps.
Exploring works that express ideas and feelings by transcending media conventions.
Humanities Crash Course Week 45: More Modernism
Exploring works that express ideas and feelings by transcending media conventions.
jarango.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Exploring works that express ideas and feelings by transcending media conventions.
A model for acting skillfully when things are changing.
Traction Heroes Ep. 22: Thresholds of Change
A model for acting skillfully when things are changing.
jarango.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A model for acting skillfully when things are changing.
An interview about a software tool central to my work life.
The Omni Show Ep. 164: How I Use OmniFocus
An interview about a software tool central to my work life.
jarango.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
An interview about a software tool central to my work life.
How to deliver value by rearchitecting knowledge pipelines around AI constraints.
LLMs as Robot Arms
How to deliver value by rearchitecting knowledge pipelines around AI constraints.
jarango.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
How to deliver value by rearchitecting knowledge pipelines around AI constraints.
Diving into a deeply painful and destructive moral failing: prejudice.
jarango.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Diving into a deeply painful and destructive moral failing: prejudice.
A taxonomy of five kinds of traps that can keep you from gaining traction — and how to avoid them.
Traction Heroes Ep. 21: Social Traps
A taxonomy of five kinds of traps that can keep you from gaining traction — and how to avoid them.
jarango.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A taxonomy of five kinds of traps that can keep you from gaining traction — and how to avoid them.
Transcendence as a way to cope with the drabness of everyday life.
Humanities Crash Course Week 42: Evil Flowers
Transcendence as a way to cope with the drabness of everyday life.
jarango.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Transcendence as a way to cope with the drabness of everyday life.
Learning about memory and motivations from two classic novels.
Humanities Crash Course Week 41: What Moves Us
Learning about memory and motivations from two classic novels.
jarango.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Learning about memory and motivations from two classic novels.
Unpacking a trait essential for gaining traction.
Traction Heroes Ep. 20: Gumption
Unpacking a trait essential for gaining traction.
jarango.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Unpacking a trait essential for gaining traction.
Connecting with meaning by transcending cultural conventions.
Humanities Crash Course Week 40: Good & Evil
Connecting with meaning by transcending cultural conventions.
jarango.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Connecting with meaning by transcending cultural conventions.
Much of what passes for ‘news’ is more about stoking desire than informing. 👀
October 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Much of what passes for ‘news’ is more about stoking desire than informing. 👀
Last week, I delved into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I liked the book — and that led me to a terrible mistake: watching the 1931 film.
To say I didn’t like it is an understatement. Mercifully, it’s only 70 minutes long. Check out my full dump. 👇
www.learningbynote.com/p/humanities...
To say I didn’t like it is an understatement. Mercifully, it’s only 70 minutes long. Check out my full dump. 👇
www.learningbynote.com/p/humanities...
Humanities Crash Course Week 39: Gothic Horror
Learning about agency and ethics from a 200-year-old novel (and not its more famous film adaptation.)
www.learningbynote.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Last week, I delved into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I liked the book — and that led me to a terrible mistake: watching the 1931 film.
To say I didn’t like it is an understatement. Mercifully, it’s only 70 minutes long. Check out my full dump. 👇
www.learningbynote.com/p/humanities...
To say I didn’t like it is an understatement. Mercifully, it’s only 70 minutes long. Check out my full dump. 👇
www.learningbynote.com/p/humanities...
Transcribe Handwriting Using a Local LLM
How to turn handwritten notes into Markdown — on your computer.
jarango.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Are you a visual thinker with a book in you? Join me at the Sketch Your Mind conference on Oct 16 where I’ll show how I used visual maps to write two of my books. It’s online — and it’s free!
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Are you a visual thinker with a book in you? Join me at the Sketch Your Mind conference on Oct 16 where I’ll show how I used visual maps to write two of my books. It’s online — and it’s free!
Learning about agency and ethics from a 200-year-old novel (and not its more famous film adaptation.)
Humanities Crash Course Week 39: Gothic Horror
Learning about agency and ethics from a 200-year-old novel (and not its more famous film adaptation.)
jarango.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Learning about agency and ethics from a 200-year-old novel (and not its more famous film adaptation.)
LLM inception: prompting ChatGPT to write a prompt for Claude Code asking it to convert a current project to instructions for a custom GPT. 🤪
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
LLM inception: prompting ChatGPT to write a prompt for Claude Code asking it to convert a current project to instructions for a custom GPT. 🤪
Reposted by Jorge Arango
David Bowie: I Have Not Been To Oxford Town - from his 1995 album, 1. Outside; co-composed and co-produced by Brian Eno; synthesizers, treatments and strategies by Eno www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDh9...
I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
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September 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
David Bowie: I Have Not Been To Oxford Town - from his 1995 album, 1. Outside; co-composed and co-produced by Brian Eno; synthesizers, treatments and strategies by Eno www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDh9...
Today is the 30th anniversary of one of my favorite records: David Bowie's "Outside." If you've never heard it, give it a spin — it's unusual, even for Bowie. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle)
Outside is the twentieth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 25 September 1995 through Virgin Records in the United States and Arista Records, BMG and RCA Records in other…
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September 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today is the 30th anniversary of one of my favorite records: David Bowie's "Outside." If you've never heard it, give it a spin — it's unusual, even for Bowie. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Share your favorite black and white movie.
September 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Share your favorite black and white movie.