Personal site · est. 2000 · rebuilt 2026
A working life, written as a README.
Teacher, technical writer, and designer. Everything here — the portfolio,
the teaching, the photographs — is one long exercise in making conclusions.
- 01 WhoA career in one page — technical writer, teacher, designer. Résumé↗
- 02 WhatCreative work, writing samples, before & after makeovers. Portfolio→
- 03 WhenThe full chronology of roles, projects, and teaching. Curriculum Vitae↗
- 04 WhereThe places and organisations behind the work. Curriculum Vitae↗
- 05 HowA four-step method for reaching conclusions you can trust — now with rebuilt interactive exercises. Making Conclusions→
- 06 & Picture ProjectDiscovering the narrative behind 19th & early 20th century pictures. Photography History→
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Laurence Richard Starn v4.0 README
Copyright (C) 2000–, All rights reserved.
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$ open --deliberately
Marginalia — 05 / How
All the courses I ever taught were about one thing: making acceptable conclusions.
I learned how from Keith Tandy, an inspiring and demanding professor of literature whose influence established my instructional agenda for two decades. The Flash exercises that once taught the method here have been rebuilt in modern HTML5 — they work again, in every browser.
Try the exercises →