About Me

My name is Chandu Avni. I am a technologist who implements, services, and develops software solutions. My industry and academic experience spans social robotics, privacy, and responsible technology research.

Visit my main website or connect with me on LinkedIn to learn more about me and my experience.

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About This Digital Garden

When I was setting up my main website, I knew I wanted a place to share my learnings, experiences, and thoughts.

Is this a blog?

No. This is a digital garden. Read this not-legally-binding “terms of service” to better understand the intention of this website and how to interact with its content.

What is a digital garden?

Digital gardens are a way to present ideas and information. The content in a digital garden differs from a blog, because the latter is organized by reverse chronology and the former is nonlinear and based on forming links between ideas. In many (but not all) cases, blog posts are intended to be perfect at the time of publication and rarely edited afterwards. Digital gardens allow for quick notes that can be revisted in the future. (Read Maggie Appleton’s “A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden”for further information on digital gardens vs blogs.)

Ideas in a digital garden grow through writing and revising in public, which lends itself to the concept of learning in public. (Shawn Wang’s “Learn In Public” elaborates on the benefits of learning in public.)

Attribution

This digital garden was set up using Maxime Vaillancourt’s free, open-source template available on GitHub here. The template’s source code is available under the MIT license.

Read this set up note to learn how I set up this site.