Glossary

Glossary


The words behind the notes — key terms and ideas explained in plain language, one clear definition at a time.

Nicole Junkermann sorting notes and cards

A glossary should open a door, not guard it. Nicole Junkermann gathers the terms that show up most often in these notes and explains each one in a sentence or two — enough to keep reading, never so much that it becomes a lecture.

Definitions here favour everyday meaning over technical precision. The goal is a shared, comfortable vocabulary, so the ideas can do the work instead of the words.

Term

Interface

The part of a tool you actually touch — the surface where a person and a system meet.

Term

Default

The choice a tool makes for you when you make none. Quiet, but powerful.

Term

Signal & Noise

What matters in a stream of information, and everything else competing for the same attention.

Term

Privacy

Keeping a say over what is known about you, and by whom — treated here as a starting point, not an add-on.

Explain a word well and the idea behind it almost explains itself.From the notebook of Nicole Junkermann
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