Weeknote 20/2026

I'm typing this on my laptop in the lounge. It's half-time during Everton vs Sunderland and, when I turn the sound off while the adverts are on, I can hear a singer mangling otherwise-recognisable hit songs. Our next door neighbour, who says hello to us and that's about it, is evidently having some kind of celebration.After my Stage 3 Overtraining Syndrome diagnosis earlier this year, I'm taking things much easier. I'd like to be running more. I'd like to be in the gym more. But there we are.Writing & CreatingHere, I published:What comes after web literacy?One way to think of digital literacies is not as a single competency or bundle of skills, but as a capacity to move between layers of abstraction. To be able to do this you require an awareness of the cost/benefit of each layer.Open ThinkeringDoug BelshawCognitive Wallpaper #001: Field Notes on Productive FrictionAn experimental physical zine that won’t be available for digital download.Open ThinkeringDoug BelshawA brief guide to…