Field notes
Field Notes is a collection of observations from living alongside emerging technologies and changing human experiences.
Currently based in China, Field Notes is my ongoing exploration of how technology, culture, and everyday life change when new systems become part of the world around us.
It began with my experience of owning an electric vehicle after more than thirty-five years of driving petrol cars, but quickly expanded into wider observations about intelligent systems, cities, mobility, history, and the ways people adapt to change. Some notes begin with a new technology or an emerging system. Others begin with a conversation, a street, a building, a city, or a small moment that reveals something larger about the relationship between people and the changing world around them.
My perspective is shaped by more than twenty-five years working across art, design, education, and technology, as well as experiences living and working across different cultural environments. Photography and visual observation are an important part of how I understand places, experiences, and the invisible connections between technology and human behaviour. These are not product reviews or travel guides. They are personal observations and reflections from someone experiencing technological change from within, exploring what becomes visible when technology, people, and place come together.
Disclosure: I am not sponsored by BYD or any company mentioned in these Field Notes. The electric vehicle experiences shared here are based on my personal ownership and everyday use. Brand names and logos appear only because they are part of the real-world objects and environments I document. My current EV happens to be a BYD (which might change in near future), but the focus of these observations is not the brand itself. It is the wider experience of how technology, mobility, and everyday life are changing. My writing reflects my own experiences, interpretations, and opinions.
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